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TIL Panko is made from bread baked by electrical current, which yields a bread without a crust. The unique method developed during World War II out of a necessity to cook bread without access to an oven

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x6Pmg TIL (while attempting to find the correct plural of "platypus") the correct Latin plural of Octopus, Platypus, and Rhinoceros are Octopodes, Platypodes, and Rhinocerotes (3rd declension). In this short posted video, "Hippopotami", "Brontosauroi", and "Walrussen" are also discussed.
rN6By TIL that Robert Hathaway married Sibyl Beaumont in 1929. When Hathaway moved to her home of Sark (between England and France), the American was amazed to learn that by law he was now ruler of the island.
ONE7 TIL the number of devices connected to the internet now exceeds the number of people in the world
b6JJp TIL There are filial laws in the USA (state by state) that require adult children to support sick or indigent parents
vP8bj TIL the first possible tornado report in the United States occurred in July 1643. The report was recorded by Massachusetts Governor and weather enthusiast John Winthrop, who observed a sudden gust that whipped up dust, lifted his meeting house, and killed a nearby observer with a fallen tree.