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TIL that Aldous Huxley, the author of ‘Brave New World’ and 'The Doors of Perception,’ requested 100 milligrams of LSD from his wife while on his deathbed. She obliged and he died on the same day as CS Lewis, Anthony Burgess, and JFK.

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R5Lwj TIL that Boris Yeltsin lost 2.5 fingers on his left hand when trying to open up a grenade as a teenager
a86M TIL there was a harbor seal capable of imitating basic human speech, mimicking his owner’s most uttered phrase: “Hey, get outta here!”
LAXm TIL when Robbie Williams’ album Rudebox had poor sales, all of the unsold CDs were shipped to China to be destroyed and used in road resurfacing projects and and street lights.
0wwMp TIL of Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulovic, who holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute of 10,160 meters (33,330ft)
vP5X7 TIL about the unusual death of Vladimir Likhonos, who died by dipping his chewing gum in explosive powder. He mistook the powder for citric acid, which he dipped his gum in to increase its sourness.