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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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x61m5 TIL Chinese checkers was invented in Germany in 1892 and called 'Chinese' as part of a marketing scheme
Q6E6 TIL in 2009, David Booth, a park ranger in Scotland, packed up his metal detector, drove to a field, and scored big. His first sweep yielded 4 gold neck bands, from the first century B.C.—the most important hoard of Iron Age gold found in Scotland to date.
AQnd TIL For every dollar the US owes a foreign country, it’s owed 89 cents in foreign debt.
rRYD1 TIL more people have died climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, than have been killed by Everest. Poor planning, dehydration and even losing concentration while taking selfies are to blame.
mxVwP TIL that Canada sent 50 beavers to Argentina in 1946, but now number over 100,000 and are destorying Argentina's forests.