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TIL: Honey can be used for healing wounds

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0w7Bv TIL that, in order to find out whether any given number is divisible by 3, it is sufficient to add together its digits: if the sum is divisible by 3, then the original number is.
pYnM4 TIL that Glen Campbell and Alice Cooper were “best of friends.”
v15d8 TIL Listerine was initially used as an anti-septic and is named after Joseph Lister, the doctor who famously used the first anti-septics in the medical field. It has also been sold as floor cleaner and as a cure for Gonorrhea
v1pG4 TIL Daryl Hall and John Oates (Hall and Oates) first met in a service elevator, escaping gunfire between two rival gangs, at venue in which they were both competing in a music competition.
KYGnR TIL: Phil Seddon, is a zoologist and former chair of the De Extinction Task Force, which determines which animals can ethically be brought back without harming the ecosystem. Through advances in cloning and with evolutionary molecular biologist Dr. Beth Shapiro, it is close to fruition.