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TIL that in 2019, approximately 8 percent of all Mexican nationals resided in the United States

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16VbX TIL of the Middlemist Red Camilla, the rarest flower on earth. Only two known specimens exist: a garden in New Zealand and a greenhouse in the UK.
78ZM TIL The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on earth.
xVyBD TIL the SS Californian was within 15 miles of HMS Titanic the night Titanic sank. The wireless operator for SS Californian sent a message to Titanic that it was stopped and surrounded by ice, then turned off his wireless equipment and went to bed. Titanic collided with the iceberg 10 minutes later.
v1XWD TIL Ella Fitzgerald forgot a lyrics of the song she’s singing, but won a Grammy for her performance of improvising.
KYBgE TIL 30,000 years ago, Stone Age artists created the earliest form of animation. One example is an illustration of an eight legged Bison. Assisted by flickering torch light, this painting would appear to run.