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TIL that if honey is kept covered, it will never spoil. Pots of honey have been found that are thousands of years old that are still edible.

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mbmv TIL During Ellen Burstyn’s monologue in Requiem of a Dream about how it feels to be old, Matthew Libatique accidentally let the camera drift off-target. The reason was because he had been crying during the take and fogged up the camera’s eyepiece. This was the take used in the final print.
J18l8 TIL That "Tin Foil Hats" actually do protect from electromagnetic radiation
jNbPQ TIL that Mother Teresa was a horrible person. The patients in her institutes suffered from a shortage of food, painkillers, and even basic care. The conditions in her missions were once compared to a concentration camp. And all this while, she raised millions of dollars.
jNDXa TIL Disney employs the use of sentinel chickens to determine if the mosquito population in the area is carrying any diseases
VvXZ TIL in Kazakhstan there is a town where people suddenly started falling asleep for 5 days or longer.