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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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E10wV TIL that when Canadian serial killer Wayne McGray was sentenced, he said “Just because I’m locked up in segregation doesn’t mean I can’t kill somebody”. Ten years into his sentence, he killed a cellmate.
rNAJx TIL that despite being part of the British Commonwealth, Canada never cared about cricket because it was seen as a sport geared toward snobby British people, as well as how the popularity of baseball spread quicker in Canada before cricket had a chance.
jN0gN TIL that alchemy was illegal in many European countries from the Middle Ages to the early modern period because rulers were afraid of undermining the gold standard and corrupting the gold supply.
D10ee TIL that instead of getting a patent on the aluminum can, Bill Coors of Coors Brewing Company decided to sell the instructions and engineering package to anyone interested for $300k because he believed that aluminums cans and recycling should be the industry standard for beverages.
X0aK6 TIL That the only G-rated film to win Best Picture, Oliver!, won back-to-back (1968/1969) with the only X-rated (Now NC-17) film to win Best Picture, Midnight Cowboy (although the latter later became R-rated in a 1971 reissue)