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TIL more Americans live in Mexico City than Wyoming.

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L1PV TIL the “Immortal German Alchemist”, The Count St. Germain was said to never have appeared over the age of 40 in his some 100 year documented activity in Europe and had ties to the Rosicrucians, Knights Templar, Illuminati, Freemasons, and the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Br9ee TIL the Culinary Institute of America was founded by two women, Frances L. Roth and Katherine Angell, in 1946. They created the school to compensate for the shortage of European chefs coming to the US due to WWII. Their goal was to train a new generation of American chefs to fill these roles.
9w6Br TIL that some scholars believe Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is a self portrait, with Da Vinci cross dressing
mxKpO TIL that the United States had marched into the heartland of Mexico and occupied the capital city of Mexico during the Mexican-American war
yQnQa TIL that during Ted Kaczynski's (The Unabomber), sophomore year at Harvard, in 1959, he was recruited for a psychological experiment that, unbeknownst to him, would last three years. The experiment involved psychological torment and humiliation.