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TIL that frosting or icing on a cake isn't simply for decoration or flavor. It prevents the cake from drying out by sealing in the moisture.

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WkrvA TIL that a man named David Phillips took advantage of a loophole in a 1999 Healthy Choice/American Airlines promotion where he purchased $3,000 worth of pudding in exchange for over one million American Airlines air miles
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