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TIL The last large remnant of Carib (indigenous people of the Caribbean) culture was destroyed in a 1902 volcano eruption.

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1adyW TIL that Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico, and contained whole lettuce leaves meant to be picked up and eaten with your hands
xVNy0 TIL about Richard Lynn, a psychologist that produced various controversial studies to map IQ levels based on race and sex. He also believes that some races are inherently more psychopathic than others. Critics have widely criticized him for being the face of scientific racism.
loL6a TIL in Japanese folklore there's a yokai called Karakasa kozō who's a bouncing one-eyed umbrella that sneaks up on people and licks them.
dWe8 TIL To be a taxi driver in London you need to pass an extremely difficult exam on street routes requiring on average 12 attempts and ~3 years of preparation. The material is referred to as “The Knowledge”.
P0dE TIL that the most common hypothesis for the cause of motion sickness is that it functions as a defense mechanism against neurotoxins. When feeling motion but not seeing it or vice versa, the brain will conclude that the discordance is due to poison ingestion. It then responds by inducing vomiting.