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TIL that two men produced 90% of the world’s LSD, and were pulled over in 2000 while trying to move their lab equipment in a rental truck

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e604 TIL Europeans who are descended from survivors of the Black Death and smallpox can have an immunity to HIV/AIDS.
GA9dN TIL The first album ever to be remixed in Dolby Atmos was Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus by Luca Turilli's Rhapsody in 2016. It was chosen because of the way Luca Turilli combines metal instruments with choirs and orchestras in a style he called 'filmscore metal'.
VMEKZ TIL that Robert Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, predicted in 1995 that the Internet would suffer a "catastrophic collapse" the next year, promising to eat his words if it did not. In 1997, he blended a printed copy of his prediction with some liquid and drank it.
D1wxP TIL more than 5,000 babies across the United States were abducted by a supposedly charitable organization between 1924 and 1950. The group targeted poor Southern families and developed a black market for white babies.
eppkE TIL that Kjeragbolten is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Norway. It was left in a crevasse during the last ice age, suspended above a 3,228 ft deep abyss. It is accessible without any climbing equipment, and a popular site for BASE jumping.