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TIL that pro wrestling referee Aubrey Edwards is a video game developer who has worked on the Scribblenauts series from programmer to lead producer.

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rNpkM TIL that in November 2023, Irish chef Alan Fisher set a new Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, cooking continuously for 119 hours and 57 minutes. This achievement surpassed the previous record of 93 hours and 11 minutes held by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci.
PYa1V TIL that during World War II, Lockheed employed the skills of Disney, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox Studios to disguise one of their production plants to look like an ordinary California suburb from the air.
Wdjo TIL Penicillin would be extracted from a patient’s urine and be reused
KQQE TIL Robert Downey Jr. only made 500k for Iron Man, but two years later made 10 million for Iron man 2.
16lZd TIL the common degu can use tools and will spontaneously stack objects in order of decreasing size, and is the first animal to be recorded displaying these these behaviors other than apes and birds