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TIL that Tom and Jerry has won Seven Oscars.

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QgPp TIL Stilton blue cheese is known to frequently cause odd, vivid dreams
5VK5P TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can, Fred Baur, was so proud of his creation that he requested to be buried in one. His family honored his request and buried part of his ashes in a Pringles can
VMjGG TIL an Australian man suffered a sudden and severe form of meningitis at age 29, resulting in a 420-day coma, brain damage, paralysis and later death. The meningitis was caused by a parasite that entered his body 8 years prior after he ate a slug for a dare.
dQMj TIL that when early humans transitioned from hunter gathering to agriculture, it actually lowered their standards of living.
PY0NJ TIL that when the Hope Diamond was sent to the Smithsonian, it was sent through U.S. Mail in a box wrapped in brown paper as simple registered mail with $2.44 postage.