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TIL… Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, dropped acid after he got sober.

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7dL TIL the position alpacas assume while riding in a minivan is called “cushing.” Also, alpacas apparently ride in minivans.
GYPLN Health experts say they're not yet sure about the level of immunity people may have after recovering from COVID-19.
DGvr TIL after musician Jonathan Coulton had his cover of “Baby Got Back” stolen for the TV series Glee, he rereleased his cover with the description “cover of Glee’s cover of my cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s song, which is to say it’s EXACTLY THE SAME as my original version”.
yaJw TIL a CIA handbook taught torture methods to extract information from people without extracting fingernails and stressed on importance of psychological over physical torture, i.e. intense fear, deep exhaustion, solitary confinement and unbearable anxiety which destroy ones capacity to resist.
KO8nQ TIL of Henry Darger who created over 300 gorgeous, often giant and mostly very distubing pieces of artwork which were only discovered shortly before his death. His last words were "too late now" when someone mentioned his work which is now considered one of the most important "outisder art".