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TIL the first Ciabatta bread was made in 1982
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TIL the Coronado Bridge over the San Diego bay is curved so that it can achieve a height tall enough for warships to pass under in spite of the closeness of the pieces of land it connects. The incline would be too steep without the extra distance.
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TIL that some famous Beatles songs had hilarious working titles. “Yesterday” was originally called Scrambled Eggs, “With a Little Help From My Friends” was originally called Bad Finger Boogie, etc
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TIL William Shakespeare died within a month of signing his will, which begins by claiming himself to be in perfect health. No contemporary source explains how or why he died, though half a century later it was claimed he died of fever after “drinking too hard.”
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TIL that churros are pressed out in a star shape because otherwise it's very possible for them to violently explode while frying, spraying hot oil and bits of churro all over the kitchen
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TIL Jurassic Park was meant to use stop motion instead of CGI, but two artists worked on a CGI T-Rex in secret, and once they finished it, they quietly put a video of it on screen when Kathleen Kennedy visited their office. the video convinced Kennedy, Spielberg, and the rest of the team to use CGI.