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TIL Subway Used the Enzyme Azodicarbonamide in Certain Bread Recipes to Create Air Bubbles, a Method Often Used in Yoga Mats and Shoe Soles That Is Banned in Europe and Australia. They Stopped Using it in 2014 After a Petition Got Over 50k Signatures, Putting Pressure on Subway to Make the Change.

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VMNJD TIL that in 1993 IBM Released a mobile phone with Touch screen and E-mail
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