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TIL the honey made from rhododendrons has intoxicating effects and is called “Mad Honey.” It has been used as a medicine and as a drug.

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W16A TIL that in 1986 an electronics store chain made good on its offer to sell stereos for “299 bananas” when customers turned up with the fruit as payment
aak9 TIL In 1992, a man in Texas was sent to death row for murdering his kids by arson. He was executed by lethal injection in 2004. In 2009, through advances in technology, it was found that the fire was likely accidental. According to an expert, “There was no item of evidence that indicated arson.”
oRRno TIL of the "Forgotten Winchester", a heavily weathered rifle found in leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park in 2014. It was manufactured in 1882 and round of ammunition recovered from it was dated between 1888-1911. Who left it there and why they never returned is a mystery.
X0XZR TIL that we've had beds for over 200,000 years!
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