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TIL that honey never spoils, and edible honey has been found in ancient Egyptian tombs dating back over 3,000 years.

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9wVGr TIL 87 percent of teens in the USA have an ‌iPhone‌, while 88 percent expect an iPhone‌ to be their next phone according to a survey from investment firm Piper Sandler.
Knb4 TIL that there are more African American men incarcerated in the U.S. than the total prison populations in India, Argentina, Canada, Lebanon, Japan, Germany, Finland, Israel and England combined.
4kK0b TIL The deadliest aviation accident in US history was American flight 191 at O'Hare Airport in Chicago in 1979. The DC-10 passenger plane crashed just after takeoff, killing all 273 people aboard. The FAA promptly banned all DC-10s from flying in US airspace pending investigation.
JYmpm TIL, The street artist Banksy extensively copied the style and work of the French street artist Blek le rat.
JYv78 TIL Nicholas II, last Tzar of Russia, had a Japanese tattoo of a "dragon with a black body, yellow horns, a red belly and green paws.” He got it on a trip to Japan. Later he was attacked by "Sanzo, a former samurai who fought in the Satsuma Rebellion." All this before the Russo-Japanese War.