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TIL People Who Are Bad at Something Tend to Believe They Are Superior and This Bias Has a Name Called the Dunning-Kruger Effect

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ym48 TIL- Honey can contain Clostridium botulinum, the spores that cause Botulism. Because of this, infants under one year old should not eat honey as their gastrointestinal tracts are not developed enough to deal with the spores.
JLe8 TIL that due to human efforts, the ozone layer will recover to 1980 levels by 2050, and be fully repaired by 2070.
Yp95r TIL that five people died searching for a $2 million treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains twelve years ago, and finally found yesterday
QNv4L TIL in 2014, a toddler died after his dad accidentally left him in a hot car for 7 hours. A jury sentenced him to life without parole because he was having an affair that day, making them believe he left his son to die to start a new life. A surpreme court overturned the 'unfair' conviction in 2022.
eNWE TIL Ant Man made his Marvel debut before Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor and Iron-Man.