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m1XeR TIL Honey "never" spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still edible.
xNyB TIL 2 Chainz graduated from Alabama State University with a 4.0 GPA.
xDl0 TIL an actress was arrested twice in one week after portraying a criminal on America’s Most Wanted
Ob84 TIL David Bowie considered himself a “closet heterosexual,” having declared himself gay in 1972 then bisexual in 1976, but ultimately admitted that those declarations were a mistake.