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TIL the “holes” in Swiss cheese are made by the same bacterium responsible for body odor

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0dvAA TIL "Union Pacific" retroactively won the first Palme d'Or. It was awarded by a jury in 2002, from a selection of films originally in competition at the cancelled 1939 Cannes Festival.
78bXL TIL that there are several banned wagers on Jeopardy, including 69, 666, 420, 14, 88, and 1488.
e0PdE TIL that most sex in giraffes are homosexual in nature and mostly involves male-male sex.
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