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TIL That knitting was used as an espionage tool during WWI.

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41mb TIL in 2012, inmates working in a Vermont prison print shop altered the official Vermont Police Crest to include the hidden image of a pig. The altered decals adorned 30 police cruisers for a year before anybody noticed.
JXx4 TIL the Himalayan Honey Bee, largest of the honey bees, makes a hallucinogenic honey that tribes collect
gMGg9 TIL comedian Eddie Izzard ran 32 marathons in 31 days
gwgA TIL that “chemical imbalance” as a cause of depression is overly simplified, and “researchers believe that — more important than levels of specific brain chemicals — nerve cell connections, nerve cell growth, and the functioning of nerve circuits have a major impact on depression.”
9wv9p TIL Baileys Irish Cream was invented in 1974 as a way to use surplus cream and whiskey from a failing distillery and turn a profit. Now owned by international beverage conglomerate, Diageo