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TIL 5000 year old honey is perfectly safe to eat

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BgNW TIL Hurricane Sandy sank the HMS Bounty (the ship used in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies), was predicted to be a 100 billion dollar storm, and still, the Sentinels who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers stood guard through it all.
Y85d TIL in 1954 the USSR proposed a dam to the U.S. that would close off the Bering Straight. The Soviets claimed it would block arctic cold currents that flow down over Korea and the Sea of Japan, warming it as much as 30 degrees. The U.S. declined.
QN8de TIL it is estimated that there are are about twice as many horses as there are people on Easter Island (6,000 vs. 3,000)
k5O1 TIL that the US Postal Service is eliminating mailboxes in new communities. All new communities must have central mailbox clusters like apartments have.
LA70 TIL that Islam allows abortion given that the pregnancy is a threat to the women’s life, in case of rape of foetal deformity or if the foetus is less than four months old.