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TIL A&E star Billy the Exterminator joined the Air Force at age 19 intent on a career in law enforcement; however, his military entrance examination indicated that he had an aptitude for biology, which lead to his extermination career at an Air Base.

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8ae1K TIL There's a restaurant in Hong Kong that makes noodles by bouncing on bamboo like a seesaw
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e0Nj5 TIL that the Amish make rag dolls that don’t have faces because of the “no idols” commandment and that all people are equal in the eyes of God.
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