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TIL that during Shrek's production being sent to work on it was a punishment for not performing well on other Dreamworks projects.

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XEE7R TIL that Yates County, New York is the third least populated county in the state.
QJJ4k TIL the physics behind why tea kettles whistle was not well understood until 2013.
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