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Bread Overhead! by Fritz Leiber:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Humorous story explores what happens when corporations manufacture bread using hydrogen and helium as rising agents; a failure to use heavy metal bags resulted in millions of loaves taking flight.

(Walking Mill from Bread Overhead!)
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