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TIL that most honey sold in stores can come from china where it is diluted with high fructose corn syrup and can be contaminated with chloramphenicol and other illegal animal antibiotics

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Ekjd TIL that Columbian drug cartels have custom-designed fibreglass submarines to smuggle cocaine. They’re designed to carry about 4 people and are extremely hard to detect.
0dE8M TIL a witness in a Scottish court who had answered "aye" to confirm he was the person summoned was told by the Sheriff that he must answer either "yes" or "no". His name was read again and he was asked to confirm it, he answered "aye" again, and was imprisoned for 90 minutes for contempt of court.
KYQbE TIL The lead singer of The Human League, Paul Oakey, hated the song "Don't You Want Me" so much that he demanded the record company include a large colour poster with the 7" single because he felt fans would "feel ripped off" by the 'substandard' single alone. It would become their biggest hit.
Mpa0 TIL The night before the Olympic final, Michael Jordan apparently spent the night drinking and gambling all night, then he went on a long day of press appearances, plus 18 holes of golf in Barcelona, before he went on to lead Team USA in a gold-medal winning victory over Croatia.
BbQe TIL that in 1984 a cult spread salmonella on salad bars at restaurants in an Oregon city. They hoped to incapacitate the local population so that their candidates would win local elections. It was the first and single largest bioterrorist attack in US history.