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TIL Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, could not imagine anyone using the drug recreationally due to its intense and introspective nature.

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P1eZg TIL TGI Fridays stopped requiring employees to wear flair after Office Space came out and customers began making jokes about the flair
E18xW TIL A Japanese Man cut off and served his own genitals to five diners, charging them $250 dollars a plate. He was reported to the police but wasn't arrested as there is no law against cannibalism in Japan.
JY7DV TIL the paper sleeve around your coffee cup is called a zarf and they've existed in various forms for over 800 years
5gOR TIL that in most elevators, the close-door button doesn’t work. It’s just a placebo. Press away, friends.
yQVve Take a look out your window and you're bound to see a dinosaur or two—or at least the descendant of one. That little blue jay? Dinosaur. The obnoxious early rising crow? Dinosaur. The squirrel running up the tree? Well, that’s still a squirrel. But those feathered friends make your yard a real-life Jurassic Park. Most researchers believe birds are descendants of a group of dinosaurs that included the Tyrannosaurus rex. Fossil research has shown that birds and dinosaurs shared behaviors such as brooding and nest building. According to paleontologist and National Geographic grantee Jack Horner, it also stands to reason that dinosaurs had similar courting behaviors as today’s birds. Because various bird species tap-dance, moonwalk, and boogie to impress potential mates, it makes sense that dinosaurs did the same. Just imagine a giant T. rex with its tiny T. rex arms "twerking" its way into the heart of its intended. In this week’s Today I Learned, Horner explains how dinosaurs might have been the original smooth criminals.Read more about one species of Triceratops, Triceratops horridusAdditional footage provided by Cornell Lab of Ornithology