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TIL raw unfiltered honey can be almost as pungent as cheese.

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pY7wQ TIL about the "information-to-action ratio," a postulate that explains how access to more information actually hinders our ability to prioritize information we can act upon.
78gmr TIL that in 1941 a reindeer lived on board a British submarine for about 6 weeks with over 50 human crew members.
wLNj1 TIL Looking at the sky through a cardboard paper towel tube and through a standard drinking straw is about the same as the difference in the amount of sky seen in ordinary binoculars and a small telescope. Binoculars in astronomy are used for their wider field of view
XGok TIL that in South Carolina, the maximum sentence for beating your dog is longer than the max sentence for beating your wife.
wLXwJ TIL the leaves of the Australian Gympie Gympie plant are covered by hollow glass needles filled with a neurotoxin. The sting can last for years and is so exquisitely painful people have killed themselves after being stung.