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TIL the French Aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is one of the biggest individual producers of baguettes. Originally it could produce 1400 per day, but it was recently upgraded to now make over 2000!

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N7nY6 TIL Peter Porco, after being hit in the head 16 times with an axe, woke up with his alarm and shaved, prepared breakfast, retrieved the newspaper and made his lunch all before succumbing to his injuries.
0dE6L TIL The invention of the Philly Cheesesteak is credited to brothers Pat & Harry Olivieri in the early 1930s. It was originally a snack made for themselves until they shared it with a cab driver that was a regular customer at their hot dog stand, who suggested they sell the sandwich instead.
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