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TIL about "the Fresh bread ban" - WWI British regulation that made it illegal to sell bread until 12 hours after it had been baked - previous research showed that stale bread was being consumed 5% less, thus helping alleviate supply shortages

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nWJbr TIL Niklaus Emil Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist. Among other things, he developed several programming languages and wrote various textbooks. Wirth's Law, according to which software slows down faster than hardware speeds up, is named after him.
PYr0L TIL in France, private DNA paternity testing is illegal, punishable by up to a year in prison and a €15,000 fine.
EgYWo TIL Pigeons are able to take off vertically and accelerate to 100 kph in two seconds
x9w1 TIL “new car smell” is carcinogenic.
BrmPL TIL there is a trench network and no mans land for WW1 reenactments in rural PA. They run annual events that even feature WW1 aircraft and hundreds of reenactors