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TIL that due to honey’s unique properties, it can remain preserved and edible for centuries

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KOMb9 TIL more Americans died per year in the Korean War than the Vietnam War
GA97E TIL of the Tel Aviv central bus station - a mega structure that includes a nuclear bomb shelter for 16,000 people. The station was designed to be confusing, so that commuters would spend time shopping. Most of it became completely abandoned, taken over by violent criminals and even a colony of bats.
xd9b TIL that the “Tetris” tune is actually a 150 year old Russian folk song in which a street vendor flirts with a customer while haggling over goods.
QJEge TIL all of Terry Pratchett’s unfinished novels and work have been destroyed by a steamroller following his wishes before he died
EgGlV TIL that Osama bin Laden's billionaire father died in a plane crash in 1967 due to a misjudged landing. His half-brother died in Texas in 1988 after piloting his own aircraft into power lines. In 2015, his half-sister and stepmother also died in a plane crash in Hampshire, England.