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TIL the first Ciabatta bread was made in 1982

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jAvv TIL after WWII, the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense
vAgx TIL: In her 85 years of life, Napoleon Bonaparte’s mother (1750-1836) lived long enough to see the collapse of the French monarchy, the French Revolution, the crowning of her son as Emperor, his death, the collapse of his empire, and the restoration of the monarchy.
OoVvg Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Arizona State University found that if a car is parked in the sun on a summer day, the interior temperature can reach 116 degrees F. and the dashboard may exceed 165 degrees F. in approximately one hour — the time it can take for a young child trapped in a car to suffer fatal injuries.
5Yd5R TIL that 'The Incredibles' takes place in 1962.
Wk59Y TIL for Willis Carrier, the invention of modern air conditioning was incidental. He was actually part of team tasked with controlling the humidity inside a printing company. But he learned that by removing moisture from the air with his invention, it also, quite effectively cooled it.