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TIL that honey never spoils, and archaeologists have found perfectly preserved honey in ancient Egyptian tombs.

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nEX9 TIL Samuel L. Jackson overcame a stuttering problem as a child by developing an affinity for using the word “motherfucker” in his vocabulary
grOxb TIL Botanist David Douglas, namesake of the Douglas Fir, died falling into a wild bull pit trap when a wild bull fell in ontop of him.
LQgKV TIL that chickens in the US are sent through a chlorine bath during processing and that The EU has banned import of this chicken.
wRX7 TIL After Captain Sullenberger’s heroic Miracle on the Hudson, NYC officials captured and gassed 1,235 Canada geese in an effort to prevent similar incidents.
dMe7 TIL that a homeless man stole 4 cookies from a restaurant in California and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under a 3 strikes law. The man later killed himself to avoid prison.