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TIL Border collies are descended from one particular dog named Old Hemp who lived in Noethumbria from 1893-1901.

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BgQer TIL actor Deep Roy played 165 different Oompa Loompas in Tim Burton's 2005 version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
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6wJ8 TIL that Mexican Coke is actually brewed, with cane sugar, in mexico with the intention to be exported. However, Mexicans still consume corn syrup flavored coke, also brewed in Mexico.