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TIL Pine Honey is actually made from the sugary poop of cicadas (and other bugs) that the bees eat, then vomit back up as delicious honey.

XE0P6 TIL of Richard Turner, a true American badass. One of the best card magicians in the world, he also earned a karate black belt in the toughest karate school in the country, hunted sharks, climbed cliffs without securing and became a trapeze artist. Oh, and he lost his eyesight at the age of 9.
R50k9 TIL the FAA predicted that if kids under 2 years old were required to have their own seats on planes, at least 60 kids would die in car accidents for every kid saved because families that couldn't afford extra plane tickets would drive instead.
5prB TIL of Larry Abshier, a US soldier in the Korean War who defected to North Korea because he was caught smoking pot. He lived with four other American defectors and was cast in several North Korean films where he became a celebrity.
ljB1 TIL while filming “Blues Brothers,” John Belushi disappeared from the set. Dan Ackroyd went door to door looking for him. A homeowner told him, “Oh, you mean Belushi? He came in here an hour ago and raided my fridge. He’s asleep on my couch.”
G8PQ TIL while wrestler Hulk Hogan was traveling with tag team duo, the Wild Samoans, whose gimmick was to never speak in public, police found an unregistered handgun in Hogan’s car. Hogan begged the Samoans to come to his defense. The Samoans refused to break character and all three men went to jail.