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TIL Housewife of the Year was an annual contest in Ireland between 1967 and 1995.

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eoAD TIL: Hibernating bears don’t eat or drink, and thus don’t poop or pee, but they develop a fecal plug in their intestines that can grow to 7 to 15 inches long and 1 to 2.5 inches in diameter. They defecate when they emerge from hibernation. “Fecal plugs have a light odor that is not unpleasant.”
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