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TIL muscles “bank” extra nuclei, making your comeback faster.

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xWW7 TIL Chef Boyardee was founded by restaurant owner Hector Boiardi in 1928. The idea originated when customers began asking Boiardi for his spaghetti sauce recipe. Ten years later he opened a factory and named his product “Boy-Ar-Dee” to help Americans pronounce his name correctly.