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TIL that honey is the only food that cannot spoil

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MewZ8 TIL that the pin tumbler lock mechanism, most commonly used in locks, invented by Linus Yale became a winning invention in the mid 19th century.
69QgW TIL : In 1986 a Russian commercial pilot made a bet with the first officer that he could land blind with curtains over the cockpit windows. He lost the bet, crashing and killing 70 people.
9gGB TIL a study conducted by Johns Hopkins found fifty US hospitals that gouge uninsured patients about 1000% actual costs, with the worst offender being North Okaloosa Medical Center who charge the uninsured 12.6 times the actual cost of patient care
eoB4 TIL that if you fall into lava you aren’t going to sink in it.
bRda TIL Jane Barbe was the woman who did “The number you have dialed…” recordings for the phone company. She got her start as a copywriter. Being a poor speller, she opted to read her first commercial out loud to her boss instead of submitting it in writing. He began paying her to make recordings.