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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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