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TIL Tina Louise (Ginger on Gilligan's Island) has spent the last 20 years teaching children to read

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Zp7Eo TIL the largest number of layers in a layer cake is 260, made by The Watkins Company in Winona, Minnesota.
aYrM TIL that “herbs” are only from leaves of plants, and that “spices” are from everything but the leaves.
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