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Honey never goes bad
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Honey is a miracle food; it never goes bad. It was reported that archaeologists found 2,000 year old jars of honey in Egyptian tombs and they still tasted delicious. Many people find it rather surprising that bacteria cannot grow in honey because all things being equal, bacteria loves sugar.

The unique chemical composition of low water content and relatively high acidic level in honey creates a low pH (3.2-4.5) environment that makes it very unfavourable for bacteria or other micro-organism to grow. Thus, "Best Before Dates" on honey buckets do not seem to be very important.


http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-facts.html
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The Most Alien Place on Earth
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People on the Yemeni island of Socotra speak an indigenous language called Soqotri. Many female Socotrans have DNA that is found nowhere else on Earth. Also, a third of the island's plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. Socotra has been described as "the most alien-looking place on Earth."

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Filed under: DNA Flora Interesting Language Socotra TIL Wikipedia Yemen
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