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TIL the first monkey sent into space was named HAM

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WkOWA TIL that a Wisconsin man named Don Gorske holds the world record for most Big Mac's ever eaten, currently numbered at over 30,000. Even so, his cholesterol levels are 52 mg/dl below the average of 208.
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