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TIL Mexico exports more beer than any other country, both by volume and value. 75% of that beer goes to the United States.

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8eKZb TIL that birth ratios seem to skew towards more females during famine. Mothers in good condition are more likely to give birth to sons, whereas mothers in poor condition are more likely to give birth to daughters.
Bggyb TIL we have a bone just beneath our jaw called the Hyoid bone. It's not found on anatomy skeletons because it is the only bone in the body that isn't attached to another bone.
AN0ja TIL about Lydia Taft, who on October 30th, 1756, became the first woman to legally vote in U.S. History. During a Town Meeting in Uxbridge, Mass., Taft voted in favor of appropriating funds for the regiments engaged in the French and Indian War. Her vote preceded the 19th Amendment by 164 years.
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