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VBgj4 TIL in 2010 a local beekeeper found their bees producing an obnoxious-tasting red honey, due to the bees foraging on the waste of a local cherry juice factory (which contained Red No. 40) and on sweet-tasting antifreeze from a nearby bus service depot.
wLaP6 TIL about Nábrók or necropants … a pair of pants made from human skin worn by icelandic witches. It's unsure if they were a real thing or just folklore.
grZEb TIL IBM made the punch card systems the Nazi’s used to catalog people who were sent to the camps. Anyone who had a number tattoo was most likely assigned it from an IBM punch card system.
kOEwe TIL that most refrigerator doors are reversible to account for different kitchen spaces
KOgl9 TIL Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation sounds familiar because she was the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.