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TIL millennials now outnumber baby boomers.

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VGxG TIL That the Caesar Salad is named after Caesar Cardini, an Italian American hotel owner.
ADnBa TIL that the high you get from exercise isn’t from endorphins it’s from cannabis-like chemicals
OoWoY TIL that Sir Patrick Moore, the famous British amateur astronomer, had the privilege to meet Orville Wright (of the Wright Bros) Yuri Gagarin (first man in space) and Neil Armstrong in his lifetime.
pXLN TIL a man fired blanks at Queen Elizabeth II, said he did it for fame, showed no mental issues, spent three years in jail, then changed his name and continued on with his life at age 20 once released.
n6or TIL high heels were originally worn by men as a signal of status. Women started wearing heels as a way of trying to appropriate masculine power. Being rational (practical footwear), everyone quit wearing heels altogether. It emerged again for women during mid 19th century from pornography.