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TIL: Gouda cheese is pronounced "how dah"

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Y7n8x TIL the largest beaver dam in the world is over a half mile long and was discovered via satellite images
6Eyow TIL that people who can't smell things are called ANOSMIC
xW6B TIL United Airlines failed to provide a wheelchair to a passenger with cerebral palsy; he had to crawl off the plane.
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