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TIL Romans had 'Beware of the dog' mosaics

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J1pnk TIL several US cases of "mad cow disease" may have come instead from eating squirrel brains. Popular recipes apparently include scrambled brains 'n eggs, and a brains 'n veggie stew called "burgoo".
rRQL4 TIL Honey doesn’t spoil. You could feasibly eat 3000 year old honey.
Pevn TIL there is a “cult” offshoot of Christianity in China that believes Jesus is currently living in China as a Chinese woman.
5YxEQ TIL Charles Dickens once jumped in through the window of his wife-to-be's home dressed in a sailor suit, did a jig whilst playing the hornpipe, jumped back out the window again and re-entered the room as if nothing had happened.
e0Vkn TIL: A submarine ran out of fuel about 100 miles from hawaii while searching for a lost tug. Sub R14 had empty reserve tanks, no radio communications and a week's worth of food. Crew rigged up blankets and mattress covers as sails. It sailed back to Hawaii over 5 days.