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TIL Competitive eater Patrick Bertoletti currently holds the world record for eating 21 lbs of grits… in 10 minutes

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XE0WD TIL Jim Parsons (Sheldon), Johnny Galecki (Leonard), Kaley Cuoco (Penny), Kunal Nayyar (Raj) and Simon Helberg (Howard) each took a $100,000-per-episode pay cut from the $1 million that each had been earning in order to free up additional money for Bialik (Amy) and Rauch’s (Bernadette) raises
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