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TIL that in 1999 Queen's drummer Roger Taylor became just the second living, non-royal to appear on a British stamp when he was pictured in the background of a Freddie Mercury stamp

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78V7p TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are still edible after over 3,000 years.
6EorX TIL in 1896 two locomotives were deliberately crashed together as a promotional event for the railroad in Crush, Texas. Over 40K people attended. Engineers had assured the organizers that it would be safe, but when both boilers exploded on impact two spectators were killed and several more injured.
aD0 TIL that the first retail product ever to be scanned using its barcode was a 10 pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum. This gum is currently on display at the Smithsonian.
7rBKX Today I learned that there is a specific name for places that feel like an altered reality
XW6r TIL PhD students are 2.5 times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than highly educated general population