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TIL Those suffering from autism and schizophrenia naturally produce a chemical similar to DMT

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LQk0Z TIL that when Willie Fulgear found 52 stolen Oscars right before the 2000 Oscars ceremony, he was rewarded with $50,000 and a seat at the award show. But soon after, the police targeted and harassed him, and the money he won was stolen as well.
9w6LD TIL coffee is universally beneficial against several kinds of liver diseases
5YQ5Q TIL of US president Grover Cleveland's wife. She was the youngest first lady, the first to be married in the White House, and the first to give birth while her husband was president. Grover met her shortly after she was born, when he was 27.
GYOE1 TIL John Kluge, as Chairman of MetroMedia, was the Richest Man in America in 1987. During WW II, the German born Kluge served as an interrogator at a secret military base that processed high ranking Germans, including those who were part of Operation Paper Clip, including Werner Von Braun.
mxBEM TIL that chickens used to be fitted with tiny glasses to prevent eye-pecking and cannibalism. Rose-colored glasses were especially popular as they were thought to prevent chickens from seeing blood and becoming enraged.