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TIL, in Billy Madison Adam Sandler got special permission from the actors and their parents to actually hit the kids with dodgeballs

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MeLb8 TIL that the popular snack "ants on a log" has a British variant known as Hippopotamuses on Thomases: Half English muffin with peanut butter and prunes
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