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TIL that Johns Hopkins had to retract a study about the effects of MDMA that they published because they realized that instead of ecstasy, they’d given METH to all but one of the research subjects.

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d8oR8 TIL that when A Bug's Life was released in 1998 the rhinoceros beetle Dim was not based on any known species. Eight years later a Peruvian rhinoceros beetle was discovered with a very similar horn. Such discoveries of "fictional" creatures later revealed to be real have been dubbed "the Dim Effect".
1a48r TIL that not only is the call prefix of Czechia "420" (the cannabis number), their international aircraft sign is also "OK".
6ELKm TIL In 2015, Hashima Island was added to the UNESCO WHC as part of the Meiji Revolution, but was also the site of Korean forced labor. Korea withdrew its opposition after Japan's promise to take measures to remember victims. Immediately after approval, the Japanese FM publicly denied forced labor.
ZKoB TIL: One of the most prolific serial killers of the 20th century, accused of killing more than 300 young girls, was freed from prison after 14 years for good behavior.
rRv1e TIL that Sam Houston, famous for being president of the Republic of Texas, refused to join the Confederate States of America, predicting that they would lose the civil war. Instead he pushed for the re establishment of an independent Texas.