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TIL Bruce Lee literally punched too fast for people to react and had to limit his speed on camera

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yQ4re TIL that Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel prize winning philosopher, suffered a bad trip after using Mescaline, in which he thought he was menaced by sea creatures. For years following this, he consistently believed that he was being followed by lobsters.
A9gB TIL according to FBI files, the Jewish Defense League had extorted money from ‘various rap music stars’ by making 'death threats’ and then offering protection for a fee
69gBY TIL that in 1700, India had the largest GDP in the world including more than all of Western Europe combined.
6Ewxw TIL the Atakapa people in SW Louisiana survived hurricanes by tying themselves up to live oak trees using grape and rattan vines. In 1830, the Atakapa begged a colonist to tie himself and his family high in a live oak tree for their safety; they refused and he and his family drowned.
awVVZ TIL Pennsylvania and Connecticut went to war three times over the area that is now Scranton, Pennsylvania