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TIL that in 1999, a supermarket in Mexia, TX was abandoned by its owners and the food inside left to rot after the power was shut off, causing an unholy hive of rot, decay, disease, and infestation to form over 90 days that resulted in one of the most horrifying residential biohazards ever seen.

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