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TIL that Cinco De Mayo's popularity as a holiday in the US is largely due to a marketing campaign launched by Corona's importer in 1989.

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loDK TIL that the cast of Starship Troopers greed to do the co-ed shower scene only if Verhoeven agreed to direct the scene naked, which he did
78aVr TIL that from 1928-1936 Columbia Operated the Seth Low Junior College, a lower quality institution with the same entrance requirements established to keep “uncultured” (i.e. Jewish) students such as Isaac Asimov and Red Auerbach away from its main campus
b9DnQ TIL Ken Griffey Jr. attempted suicide at the age of 18, right before the start of his Hall of Fame baseball career
Y7ZMx TIL: Regularly occurring bouts of retinal movements suggest an REM sleep–like state in jumping spiders | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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