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TIL Babybel cheese held a competition for the best Babybel cheese wax sculpture last year. The winner won $1500 (Australian Dollars) for his sculpture "Three Cheeky Mice". Babybel recreated and displayed a giant version of the sculpture using 20,000 cheeses worth of wax.

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