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TIL Cinnamon can prevent mold growth. Scientists have created cinnamon-based packaging that can prevent mold in bread in other baked goods.

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WkYAd TIL that bats are not actually blind, but only use echolocation at night because it’s too dark to see. In fact, some bigger bats can see three times better than humans.
Y7JLG TIL there are aircraft carriers powered by nuclear reactors.
MeVM8 TIL the restaurant chain TGI Fridays stopped its waiters from wearing “flair” a few years after the movie Office Space came out because people wouldn’t stop making Office Space references about it.
GAk41 TIL. The marathon distance of 26.2 miles is not the distance between Marathon and Athens, but was established by the Queen of England for the 1908 Olympics.
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