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TIL Caesar Salad was created in Mexico

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x6j91 TIL On the night of October 12, 2010, 69 days after the San Jose mine in Chile collapsed, all 33 miners that had been trapped almost half mile underground, were all rescued. Currently, this is still the longest underground survival story in history.
78b6Z TIL of the Hitler Teapot - a teapot that sold out at JC Penny stores once people noticed it resembled Hitler
VBYg0 TIL that during Germany's invasion of Russia, Joseph Goebbels sent a plea to the citizens of Germany to send in their winter clothing for the troops. This resulted in many Nazis on the grim Russian front wearing incongruously festive Christmas outfits.
Ooe9e TIL Over 3 million tons of asphalt pavement has been recycled and there is over 99% recycling rate for asphalt.
DQWZp TIL that When the French fleet bombed Algeria in 1683, Mezzomorto Husseyn put the body of the French Consul Jean le Vacher in a cannon and turned him towards the French fleet and fired killing him. The cannon became known as "la consulaire" which is Still on display in France.