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TIL that there has been ongoing research in Switzerland into using LSD to alleviate anxiety for terminally ill cancer patients coping with their impending deaths, with preliminary results from the study being deemed “promising”.

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GeKQ TIL that the United Kingdom and Portugal hold the longest standing alliance in the world, it started in 1386
9XWm TIL of the WASP Injector Knife, which once inside the victim, expels 850 psi of CO2 creating a basketball sized air pocket, freezing surrounding internals
yQJl8 TIL of Roy Sullivan; a man who was struck by lightning 7 times throughout his life and died at the age of 71 by a self inflicted gunshot wound (rumoured to be the cause of an unrequited love)
B7Yk TIL the first ever parking sign was from c. 700BC, Ancient Assyria, and read “ROYAL ROAD - LET NO MAN DECREASE IT”. The penalty was being impaled in front of your house.
58EB TIL New Zealand is listed as a State in the Australian constitution, and can choose to join the Australian Commonwealth if it wishes.