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TIL The cancelation of the US-Mexico Bracero Program indirectly lead to tasteless supermarket tomatoes

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XEdkr TIL that Michelangelo's statue "David" has a bulging vein in his neck that only appears during certain types of heart disease or during extreme stress or excitement.
kJVDE TIL that Palazzo Senatorio, the city hall of Rome (Italy), has been the the seat of the Municipality of Rome since 1144, making it the oldest town hall in the world
oB0rL TIL in the US college text books can cost more than $1,000.
GYAvg TIL that Ethiopia has its own timezone (different from the countries in the same longitude) and a new day begins at dawn, not midnight.
ADMWw TIL that the Vatican has a single pharmacy. The Vatican claims it is the busiest pharmacy in the world with 2,000 daily visitors. Due to complicated Italian laws, the pharmacy has medicines available years before Italian pharmacies. People often visit to buy them.