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TIL you shouldn't rinse after brushing your teeth

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78PxM 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.
7J6O TIL there is a mushroom found in Europe and North America known as chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus). It tastes like chicken, crab or lobster.
kJJY4 TIL conflicting accounts on the sources regarding the date of when the Mona Lisa was commissioned and executed, has led some to theorise that the painting currently at the Louvre is not the original painting commissioned my Mona Lisa's husband, but only a copy, while the original remained unfinished
ZG4Q TIL there’s a boiling lake so hot that the centre has never been reached, and therefore the maximum depth and temperature are unknown.
8e8WL TIL the term care package comes from an acronym; CARE, meaning the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe which sent packages of emergency supplies to European communities following WWII