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TIL that refrigerated bread isn't hard due to moisture loss but crystalized starch which can be fixed by simply heating it up.

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MeMn7 TIL that the FBI used fingerprints to pursue and arrest an innocent Oregon lawyer for the 2004 Madrid bombings, despite Spanish police insisting they were not a match
BkwD TIL that in 1968, the first instance on US television of physical contact between a black man (Harry Bellafonte) and a white woman (Petula Clark, who took hold of his arm when signing) made it to the screen only because Clark and her husband, destroyed all the takes where the contact did not occur.
rN0my TIL that Yoko Ono and The Emperor of Japan Akihito were classmates.
5YyjR TIL Victoria Pierro, the 6-year-old girl that saved her entire family from a burning house in Swampscott, MA. Victoria woke when the fan she used stopped running and she could see fire outside her window. She alerted her entire family, including her firefighter dad, saving them all from the fire.
1a8ar TIL that an autistic socially awkward day trader helped spark the 2010 flash crash of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, despite earning $70M over several years Navinder Singh Sarao continued living in his parents basement and his biggest purchase was a used Volkswagen for under $10,000.