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TIL: After WWII, Allies introduced anti-censorship laws in Japan, leading to unique interpretations of obscenity. This inspired the tentacle porn industry, as mangaka Toshio Maeda explains how they used tentacles to evade the law.

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jNBXn TIL that a Scottish woman can't feel pain or anxiety and is very happy and optimistic all the time all because of a rare genetic mutation which increases the brain chemical "Anandamide". She was given 1 g of paracetamol or acetaminophen after a trapeziectomy where people usually need morphine.
KOZPG TIL of Albert Hofmann, who synthesized LSD. On 16 April 1943, he accidentally consumed some LSD and discovered its powerful effects. Three days later, he intentionally ingested 0.25 mg of LSD, whose effects he began to feel as he rode home on a bike. This was the first LSD trip.
9wKbp TIL Duran Duran's guitarist and bassist and drummer all had surname Taylor; none were related.
9YKGM TIL following his death at the Battle of Little Big Horn, the reputation of General George Custer was rehabilitated by his widow, who spent decades promoting his image as as the "gallant fallen hero amid the glory of Custer's Last Stand".
5VmlB TIL that globally, we produce over 9,900,000 tons of butter a year, and India produces 3,797,550 of that, making it the largest butter producer in the world (via Atlas Big). The United States, which comes in second place, makes less than half that amount each year, with Pakistan coming in third.