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TIL that Tom and Jerry has won Seven Oscars.

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wLOR6 TIL that there is a very rare and special type of gemstone that can only be found and formed in fossils of extinct species of cephalopods over the process of hundreds of millions of years. The most expensive opal in the world is one of these being an opalized fossil valued at over $1,000,000.
vMZR TIL in 2012 a young woman’s stomach had to be removed after drinking a shot with liquid nitrogen still in it.
ADXPx TIL Mark Davis, the principal owner of the Oakland Raiders who is worth $500 million dollars regularly eats at PF Chang's, drives a 1997 Dodge Caravan and uses a 2003 Nokia phone.
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