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TIL infants under one year old should not be fed honey

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0wE11 TIL Perry Farrell, frontman for Jane's Addiction, is the only person who has performed at all twelve Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals to date, having appeared under five different names.
wLXv1 TIL that during the opening ceremony of Ottawa international Airport’s new terminal in 1959 a USAF F-104 Starfighter did a supersonic flypast. The resulting sonic boom shattered nearly all the glass in the airport and caused significant structural damage, delaying the opening for another year.
dDe6d TIL "keel" was the 1st recorded word in the English language. It was recorded by Gildas in the 6th century referring to the primary ships that the Saxons first arrived in.
jNGYa TIL (some?) butterflies in drink turtle tears for dietary sodium.
nROG TIL that Harlan Ellison wrote the Hugo Award winning short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” in a single night. He made no changes to the first draft.