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TIL Chef Boy-Ar-Dee is spelled that way so that Americans could correctly pronounce “Boiardi.”

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l7v1G TIL There is a village populated almost entirely by realistic dolls in Japan.
aV1L TIL the average color of the universe is a beigeish white, and is named “Cosmic Latte”
Mgp8 TIL that older bigger trees share nutrients with smaller trees, which later repay them back when they have developed.
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