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TIL that when chimpanzees were given opportunity to watch TV, their favorite was the Playboy Channel

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5D0D TIL the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices that made KFC famous is sold by Marion-Kay Spices under the name “99-X”.
JY754 TIL about Wilfred Pickles, a northern English BBC newsreader during the Second World War. Because of his strong Yorkshire accent, he was chosen for the job as "a deliberate attempt to make it more difficult for Nazis to impersonate BBC broadcasters".
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