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TIL honey contains hydrogen peroxide (and that's why it's antimicrobial)

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KxPR TIL wind is essential for trees to reach maturity. The stress from wind allows trees to grow stronger, and without wind, a tree will eventually collapse under its own weight.
0dRp1 TIL in 1999, financial analyst Harry Markopolos had informed the SEC that he believed it was legally and mathematically impossible to achieve the gains Bernie Madoff claimed. It took four minutes to conclude that his numbers did not add up, and another minute to suspect they were fraudulent.
wL8ZE TIL that the military salute comes from when medieval knights used to raise their visors so that senior officers would recognise them, and developed from there.
GwX5 TIL when the London Eye (sponsored by British Airways) had technical issues erecting it in place. Richard Branson & Virgin sent over a blimp with ‘BA can’t get it up"
PYeAJ TIL John DeLorean was arrested by the FBI for conspiring to smuggle $24M worth of cocaine into the US while the DeLorean Motor Co was failing to raise money to survive. Claiming he was coerced into participation in the deal by FBI agents who approached him as legitimate investors, he was acquitted