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TIL that Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana by Cesare Cardini, an Italian-American who opened a restaurant there to escape Prohibition restrictions.

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rNrYo TIL that after struggling as a songwriter, Kris Kristofferson tried to pitch his music to Johnny Cash. When he didn't get any response, Kristofferson--who was a National Guard pilot--landed his army helicopter on Cash's lawn. The two performed together not long after
wYoo TIL astronauts can’t cry in space.
rmk4 TIL the phrase ‘laughing your head off’ originates from a public execution in 18th century England, when an audience platform next to the scaffold collapsed and killed twenty onlookers, to the amusement of the man about to have his head cut off.
E1pE7 TIL, a new technology was created for the film Inside Out, a virtual camera lens based on an actual camera lens, so that the animation appears to be filmed on an actual camera
oBL6E TIL Veronica Seider had the greatest eyesight in the world, with a 20/2 vision. She was able to clearly see a person from up to a mile away, while also seeing objects at micro-level size.