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TIL 5000 year old honey is perfectly safe to eat

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RrWQ TIL That the CIA was in contact with generals planning to assassinate the South Vietnam president on Nov. 2, 1963. Kennedy “rushed from the room with a look of shock and dismay on his face.” He had not approved Diệm’s murder. Kennedy was assassinated 20 days later.
wLe67 TIL Pistachios are expensive because the trees take up to 20 years to reach peak production, and are "biennial-bearing", meaning a light harvest every other year. The nuts used to be dyed red to hide stains caused by hand picking, most pistachios are now machine picked and dyeing is unnecessary.
4kMxb TIL King Fahd International Airport serving Dammam, Saudi Arabia is larger than the neighboring country of Bahrain.
kJ4Md TIL Manuel Noriega, the former military leader of Panama sued Activision-Blizzard in 2014 because they used his likeness in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 without his consent.
BxEx TIL Al Qaeda’s hit list for american politicians didn’t include Joe Biden because they thought he would mess up the presidency so badly as to be helpful towards their cause