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TIL Food Served at the 2014 National Food Safety Conference caused over 100 Suspected Cases of Food Poisoning

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41pg TIL that Mozart disliked Adriana Ferrarese del Bene due to her arrogance. Knowing that she has the tendency to drop her chin on low notes and throw back her head on high notes, Così fan tutte was made just to make her head “bob like a chicken” onstage.
D1EV TIL During the 1863 New York Draft Riots (that was dramatized in Gangs Of New York) The staff of The New York Times averted rioters that were targeting the newspaper with two Gatling guns; one of which was manned by Henry Raymond, owner and editor of The New York Times, himself.
R5KVl TIL about the Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956–57) in China, where the government briefly encouraged open criticism and debate, only to later suppress dissent through arrests and crackdowns.
GAWkN TIL most coffee creamers are made mostly of just water, oil, and sugar. There is no milk or cream. Some brands have casein , which is a milk derived ingredient.
gmnb TIL a crocodile smuggled aboard an aircraft, escaped and caused panic. The plane crashed and killed everyone except the crocodile.