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TIL While filming the 2000 hit movie, Castaway, Tom Hanks received a cut and got a staph infection that nearly killed the Academy Award winning actor. The cut gave him blood poisoning, Hanks was in the hospital for 3 days and production of the movie was shut down for 3 weeks.

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69VRm Today I learned that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are still edible after thousands of years. This is because honey has a unique chemical composition that makes it difficult for bacteria to grow in it.
PY5mO TIL that Charles Lindbergh was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
ny6o TIL when you go to the hospital, the color of your socks means something: red socks indicate allergies; orange means the patient is a potential flight risk; purple signals “do not resuscitate”; and yellow socks have been identified as being most at risk of falling.
lv5A TIL “lb” is descended from the Roman libra (hence the abbreviation “lb”); the name pound is a Germanic adaptation of the Latin phrase libra pondo, ‘a pound by weight’. And that’s why “pound” is abbreviated as “lb”.
vP4gB TIL of the Jewel Wasp who Zombiefies cockroaches with an injection to the brain and then leads the cockroach to its den like a pet to lay its larve in it that can feed on the fresh cockroach flesh when it hatches.