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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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J01j TIL that in 1981, a landlord was sued for evicting a tenant who had spilled a tin of the noxious-smelling fish surstromming in the property. Upon being told he didn’t have a case to do so, the landlord simply opened a tin of surstromming in the courtroom. The judge quickly changed his mind.
kk94 TIL a pizza delivery man had a bomb strapped round his neck and was forced to rob a bank. He was arrested by police, and was killed after the bomb detonated.
97WD TIL That a US professor proposed the idea that a president’s nuclear launch codes should be kept in a capsule surgically implanted in the chest of an assistant. Extracting the codes would require him to hack open the assistant’s chest and be responsible for one life before killing millions more.
AAOw TIL in 1923, Jack Trice, the 1st Black football player for Iowa St., suffered severe injuries by opposing team Minnesota. He continued to play after a broken collarbone & being trampled upon. 2 days later he died from his injuries. Iowa St. refused to play Minnesota until 1989.
Mepw8 TIL that in 2010, Korea temporarily removed tariffs on napa cabbage and radish imports because heavy rains and subsequent loss of crops, and therefore lack of kimchi, was considered a national crisis