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TIL Raw Manuka honey kills every bacteria scientists throw at it, including antibiotics-resistant superbugs

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GAlEJ TIL Shrapnel is named after its inventor; Henry Shrapnel
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5VOmR TIL that 73.9% of North Americans are overweight
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mxElo TIL of Ching Shih, a woman that controlled a pirate fleet of 300 ships and around 40,000 men off the coast of China during the 1800's.