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TIL store-bought pressure cookers can be an appropriate substitute for commercial autoclaves.

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9Y8vp TIL the infamous homecoming parade at the end of Animal House occurs on November 21st, 1963 (the day before Kennedy was assassinated) because it symbolized the last day of a more innocent time in America
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