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TIL the University of Bologna is considered to be the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere

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nem6r TIL Juicy Fruit Gum, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Cream of Wheat, the moving walkway, and the movie theater were all introduced at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, among other inventions
ngW7 TIL the black edges on traditional black forest ham are caused by the ham being dipped in cow blood prior to cooking
p8n8e TIL that a person would have to eat 300 hamburgers or a refrigerator full of food just to match the equivalent of what hummingbirds consume to survive every day. Hummingbirds are the world’s hungriest birds.
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