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Tijuana

Tijuana
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About Tijuana

Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. It is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most populous city in northern Mexico. Tijuana is just south of California and is adjacent to the Mexico–United States border which is part of the San Diego–Tijuana metro area.

On the show5 mentions total

Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana in the 1920s — in fact, in 1924, because they've just had the 100th birthday of the Caesar salad. A chef called Caesar invented it, which is why it's called Caesar salad.

from 579: No Such Thing As Indiana Jones And The Rare Burrito, 2025-04-17 at 00:07:57 · read transcript

Other times Tijuana came up

  1. Most of the time, yes, you're giving me a funny look because they also do have quite high murder rates. I think their murder rate is the same as Tijuana in the center of the drug wars in Mexico, which I know doesn't reflect very well on them. They are the only other species aside from humans who sort of plot to kill each other, but they generally avoid it and they are really good in other ways.

    443: No Such Thing As The Little Spreadsheet Loving Mermaid, 2022-09-09 · listen

  2. Yes, you're giving me a funny look because they also do have quite high murder rates. I think their murder rate is the same as Tijuana in the, like, Central of Drug Wars in Mexico, which I know it doesn't reflect very well on them. They are the only other species, aside from human. who sort of plot to kill each other, but they generally avoid it, and they are really good in other ways.

    No Such Thing As The Little Spreadsheet Loving Mermaid, 2022-09-08 · listen

  3. If anyone belongs to the Tidong tribe in Borneo who's listening to this podcast or who knows of them, apparently if you get married in this tribe, you're not allowed to urinate or defecate or wash for three days after you get married. It's just on this one person's blog who went and hung out with the Tijuana. Tidong tribe, but I couldn't find reference to it anywhere else.

    No Such Thing As A Snake In My Pie, 2014-10-17 · listen

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