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TIL that Peter Capaldi, the 12th Doctor, personally sent a video in character to an autistic boy to help him cope with his grandmother’s death (video in comments)

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a88k9 TIL I learned the saying, "Jalisco es México" (Jalisco is Mexico), the motto of the Meixcan state of Jalisco. This phrase references the fact that much of what foreigners associate with Mexico (e.g., mariachi, ranchera music, birria, tequila) originate from Jalisco specifically.