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TIL Oreo "Double Stuf" do NOT contain double the amount of filling, but merely 1.86 times the amount, though Nabisco refutes this claim.

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1av1r TIL Queen Elizabeth II is immune from prosecution, can drive without a license, and can fire the Prime Minister of Australia or Canada as she pleases
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