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TIL a 20-yr-old man died 10 hrs after eating unrefrigerated, 5-day-old spaghetti with tomato sauce that he had reheated at school. His autopsy highlighted the importance of refrigerating food: the warmer temp allowed bacteria in the pasta to grow & produce a toxin that contributed to his death.

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nR1G TIL that the character who sings the famous opera song “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” was said to be modeled on the real-life Sir Garnet Wolseley. Rather than being offended by the caricature, Wolseley would sing the song to amuse his friends.
yQbkJ TIL Of Robert Campbell, a World War One soldier who was a German prisoner, he learned that his mother was dying, and wrote to the Kaiser, asking to be released. His request was granted, with the condition that he had to return. Campbell spent a week with his mother, then returned.
wod9o TIL: The San Francisco subway system still runs on 5 1/4-inch floppies
1xNX TIL coming back from the moon, Apollo astronauts had to go through customs and declare moon rock as cargo.
mQyE TIL that a comic was written in the ‘80s where Joker thinks he kills Batman. The result is that the Joker regains his sanity, and begins a normal life before returning to crime.