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TIL that scientists have created a scientific version of marijuana called ‘Dimethylheptylpyran’. When smoked, it’ll keep you high for at least 2 days

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wL66 TIL that Reddit is composed of 55% Males, 59% have no kids, 32% has an annual income of more than $150K, 44% has no college experience, and 77% is caucasian.
ADjVg TIL that a car decal that was stuck for 10 years to the bottom of a park bench ended up being worth $10,000 as part of a nationwide scavenger hunt
8e9xV TIL that in the 20th century, native New Guineans were devastated by an incurable fatal degenerative brain disease called Kuru, "the shaking death." It was caused by eating cooked brain tissue during ritual cannibalism. Victims also laughed uncontrollably.
loKaB TIL Fred Astaire got into show business after his mother planned a then-popular "brother and sister act" in vaudeville with his sister Adele. Fred refused to learn to dance at first, but eventually learned by mimicking his sister's steps
kbP7 TIL Jameson sells more Irish Whiskey than all other Irish producers combined. Nearly half of all Jameson, $1.8 billion annually, is sold in the U.S., where it sells 13 times more whiskey than its closest competitor.