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TIL that the Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana Mexico, not Rome, in 1924 by Caesar Cardini

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oBQN8 TIL the first meeting in history between Japanese emperor Hirohito and US president Richard Nixon was not planned at the outset, because initially the stop in the United States was only for refueling to visit Europe. However, the meeting was decided in a hurry at the request of the United States.
KYglR TIL that Adrien Deschryver, the Belgian conservationist "hero" from the popular youtube video "Man gets Charged by a Gorilla" forced thousands Batw (pygmy) a out of their villages, which were burned to the ground or otherwise destroyed
4XOaX TIL of the Floppotron, a "robot orchestra" made from obsolete drives and scanners whose stepper motors are run at different speeds to produce musical tones.
gnbD TIL of a Vegetarian Spider. Its diet consists of 90% vegetation, it actively hides from ants instead of confronting them - and it’s about the size of your pinky nail.
epRmD TIL: the highest ever recorded heat index ("feels like") temperature was in Dhahran Saudi Arabia on July 8, 2003: 178° F / 81.1° C. The actual temperature was 108° F (42° C) with a dew point of 95° F (35° C)