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TIL that the Salem Witch Trials could have been just a really bad LSD trip as the rye bread they were eating was contaminated by a fungus called ergot which caused the consumer to spasm or hallucinate, leading people to blame witchcraft.

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e08PL TIL that Alaskan Wood Frogs freeze during winters. 2/3rds of their body water turns into ice, hearts stop beating & blood stops flowing. They build up high concentrations glucose in their organs & tissues which prevents cells from shrinking/dying. When spring arrives, they thaw out & hop away.
oBkMK TIL that mixing tobacco with cannabis increases the absorption of THC by up to 45% compared with smoking pure cannabis.
9Yj76 TIL Woodworkers or machinists who align all their screw heads call it "clocking"
d719 TIL The entire Norwegian police force only fired 3 shots during 2014.
p4g8 TIL that Lord Walter Rothschild, an immensely wealthy banker and zoologist, drove a carriage harnessed to six zebras regularly to prove that zebras could be tamed.