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TIL: Honey can be used for healing wounds

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l70X5 TIL: America’s Nuclear Sponge. Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado contain the nuclear silos that would be a primary target of WW3.
0YBA TIL that Comcast has won the “Worst Company in America” award twice, first in 2010 and second in 2014.
4kyA5 TIL that Nintendo character Mario was named after a real life businessman, Mario Segale. When the company fell behind on rent, Segale gave them a second chance to come up with the money. Nintendo paid their debt and named their flagship character after him.
4kek6 TIL about the Deaflympics, a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. The games have been organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf since 1924
avZJ TIL Sugarhill Gang’s 14 ½ minute “Rapper’s Delight” was recorded in a single take.