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TIL that hippopotamuses are most closely related to whales

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a87NA TIL in 1939, Walt Disney won an Oscar for Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. He was presented his Oscar, plus seven mini-Oscar statues by Shirley Temple.
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7rm4b TIL Ice cream originated in Ancient China
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