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TIL MDMA (Ecstasy) is currently being investigated to treat social anxiety in autism

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7rDJP TIL that after the Apollo 11 astronauts returned to Earth, they were quarantined for 3 weeks in fear of "lunar plague".
18BD TIL that “Chimpanzees, who cannot swim, have drowned in zoo moats trying to save others.” And “Given the chance to get food by pulling a chain that would also deliver an electric shock to a companion, Rhesus monkeys will starve themselves for several days.”
pY8JQ TIL that modern diesel trains can move a ton of freight 492 miles on a single gallon of gas.
Oo6O7 TIL French author Voltaire wrote over 2000 books & was read by Napoleon, Frederick the Great & Catherine the Great. Upon his death in 1778 Catherine the Great purchased his entire collection & moved it to The Hermitage in Russia.
x6LQ5 TIL about John McSherry, a MLB umpire who died during an opening day game between the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos