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Today I learned Cap'n Crunch's real name is Captain Horatio Magellan crunch

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nA8W TIL that honey never spoils due to its extreme acidity. Pots of honey have been discovered in Egyptian tombs thousands of years old, and it’s safe to eat.
Jv5m TIL that orange juice loses all of it’s flavor during the de-oxyginaztion process, what allows the juice to keep in vats for up to a year. Juice company’s hire the manufactures of such perfumes as CK and Dior to make “flavor packs” to make the flavorless liquid taste like juice again.
6EvJl TIL the original "this is fine" comic has four extra panels
ANDn7 TIL that ancient civilizations developed iron tools well before the Iron Age by finding meteorites made of iron and nickel that didn’t require smelting
j6X0p TIL archaeologists discovered an "extremely rare" complete 14th-century gauntlet, on the grounds of Kyburg Castle in Switzerland, that's "remarkably well-preserved."