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TIL for several years the CIA paid sex workers to bring men back to a “safehouse” brothel so they could secretly dose them with LSD and watch what happened through a two-way mirror in an effort to find a mind control drug.

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D87V TIL that human saliva contains natural painkiller which is nearly six times more potent than morphine.
jEdp TIL Shakira has been making music for more than 23 years and can play the guitar, drums, percussion and harmonica. She also speaks 7 different languages, is the founder of a charity called Pies Descalzos and is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
1aprd TIL that Soviet forces literally buried their tanks in the ground to turn them into stationary turrets at the Battle of Kursk. And it worked.
W7Omo TIL that nearly 1 billion adults worldwide are estimated to have sleep apnea, with most cases going undiagnosed.
mYRP TIL that during the filming of Rushmore, when Wes Anderson had to scrap a shot due to budgetary constraints, Bill Murray handed him a blank check to cover the cost.