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TIL according to the FDA, most store-bought honey is adulterated with cheaper ingredients that are not honey.

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X0MAE TIL of Somaliland, an entirely unrecognized sovereign nation in the de jure territory of Somalia. Since declaring independence in 1991, it has managed to carve out a free, democratic and relatively peaceful and prosperous country in a notoriously war-torn region.
Z8DVG TIL about the “smiley face murder theory”, advanced by two retired NYC detectives, that a series of presumed drownings in Midwestern states were actually victims of a serial killer; the name refers to smiley face graffiti found near locations thought to have been used by the killer to dump bodies.
awZ4A TIL The prototype of the Rolls Royce Ghost was so quiet inside that it made test drivers sick. The engineers had to remove some of the noise isolating material, and create seats that vibrated at specific frequencies to introduce some noise into the interior.
mxav TIL: In 1965 Mattel Inc. came out with a Slumber Party Barbie, complete with bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs and a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” with directions on the back stating simply: “Don’t eat.” Barbie, IRL, would have a BMI of 16.24.
yVQPa TIL in Rwanda on the last Saturday of every month, everyone gets together in their neighbourhoods to do a collective clean-up - roads are swept, rubbish collected. It is called Umuganda, which in Kinyarwanda means "Community Work".