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TIL "Chief Heat Officer" is a thing now

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wowMP TIL that chocolate has 6 different solid phases (structural states), each with different melting points, and must be "tempered" to get it to solidify uniformly into phase V, which is considered the most pleasant form in terms of food qualities, although not the most stable at room temperature.
Z8wW4 TIL when The South's Gonna Do It Again by Charlie Daniels Band, a song about Southern rock, was used by the KKK, Daniels said "I'm damn proud of the South, but I sure as hell am not proud of the Ku Klux Klan. [..] It was not written to promote hate groups."
9R67 TIL, there is no definitive reason why the keypad arrangement is different for a telephone and a calculator/computer
WlD8 TIL the US Embassy in Moscow caught fire in 1977. Sensitive information was stolen by several firefighters who were also KGB agents.
R5xWj TIL The Nazi commander that put down the Warsaw Uprising went on to remain unpunished for his crimes.