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TIL 5000 year old honey is perfectly safe to eat

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wVJP TIL The mathematical properties of the arch-angel Gabriel’s supposed “Horn of truth” has been solved.
wLrQP TIL that a social experiment was conducted where wallets were left in 20 cities to see if the people there were honest enough to return them. Only in Denmark and Norway were they all returned.
j69vM TIL Moon Trees: There are trees growing on Earth today that were grown from seeds that orbited the moon aboard the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. These “moon trees” are found in parks across the U.S.
8apOa TIL 20 million years ago in N. America, the spread of ancient cats led to the extinction of many dog species. There used to about 30 canine species in N. America. Only 8 remain.
AMMo TIL that confetti were originally handfuls of candy (‘confections’) thrown during Italian carnivale. Masks were worn in part to protect your eyes from airborne bonbons. Paper replaced candy after the industrial revolution.