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TIL in 1955, attempting to stand out as a journalist, Dan Rather did heroin and documented his experience.

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5YBWQ TIL that A Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by the real-life events of Cambodian men who suffered from PTSD and died of fright from their vivid nighmares
nW6BW TIL that while Rocky won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director, Sylvester Stallone didn't win any Oscars for it even though he wrote it and starred in it
R50NQ TIL that the massive sound pollution of, say, pile-driving underwater to build bridges can be dramatically reduced with "air bubble curtains," to the point that fish which would have been killed by the shockwaves before are no longer affected
LkADd TIL Eşref Armağan is a naturally visually impaired Turkish man and was able to successfully portray models of objects he had not seen throughout his life by touching them with his fingertips. He is the first blind man who drew perspective art.
woEO6 TIL Brazil, despite being a country with no colonial territories, actually had its own overseas territory shortly after becoming independent. A naval base located in what was the Portuguese Congo/Cabinda Province, with the aim of suppressing the Atlantic slave trade.