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TIL That Hippos eat meat, and are not purely herbivores!

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VM9Op TIL Albert Hoffman, the father of LSD, has given erowid, a web forum dedicated to psychedelic substances, a signed sheet of blotter paper that can be had for a donation of $50,000
YpdPZ TIL The cast of FRIENDS each made $1M per episode in the final two seasons and now make $20M per year per cast member for reruns. The show still generates $1B/year for Warner Bros. All thanks to David Schwimmer encouraging the cast to negotiate as a team.
mjOy TIL: A Dutch company plans on sending 4 individuals to Mars to inhabit and reproduce on the red planet. Over 200,000 people applied. Only kicker, they can never return.
oaLA TIL In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined.
YpPLd TIL of Anders Lassen a maverick Danish member of the British Special Forces in WW2. He once filed a 5 word battle report “Landed. Killed Germans. Fucked off”. He also drove a stolen jeep through the hotel he was staying at, into the elevator, and parked in his room. He was awarded the Victoria Cross