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TIL that honey never spoils! Archaeologists have discovered pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old, and it is still perfectly edible.

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xVk1 TIL a Nisei soldier had his arm shot off as he was about to throw a grenade into a German bunker and then pried the grenade from his severed hand and threw it into the bunker, taking it out. Oh yeah, he’s also the most senior US Senator.
v4gr TIL that at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, the world was introduced to hot dogs, hamburgers, waffle cones, peanut butter, iced tea, cotton candy, Puffed Wheat cereal and Dr. pepper
pY1GG TIL that the natural log was discovered way earlier than the discovery of the constant e, meaning that when people used it they didn't actually know what base they were using
LkQp0 New research suggests that the way chameleons change color is very different from what scientists had assumed. In this week’s "Today I Learned" filmmaker and National Geographic Grantee Jason Jaacks explains that the color change is controlled by nanocrystals in a top layer of the lizards' skin.
XBoj TIL Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, with evidence of habitation dating back at least 11,000 years.