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TIL During the CIA’s experiments in brainwashing/mind control, a mental health patient was subjected to a 174 day acid trip.

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6EWYX TIL that Gerald Ratner, ex-CEO of a budget jewelry chain, destroyed £500 million in company value with a single speech in which he called his products "total crap" and "cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but probably wouldn't last as long." Such gaffes are now known as "doing a Ratner."
0d8yL TIL Mark Ruffalo dreamt he had a brain tumour in 2001. After visiting a doctor, they discovered a mass the size of a golf ball behind his ear.
rNl5w TIL of siren battles, a New Zealand subculture where where music fans install dozens of speakers on their cars and compete to have the loudest, clearest sounds. Celine Dion songs are popular due to their high treble and low bass
rNwx4 TIL that during the Argentine economic boom, from the 1860s to 1930s, the UK played a dominant role in the Argentine economy. The community of English, Scottish, and Welsh Argentines was the largest of any country outside the British Empire, leading to the popular name of the "Sixth Dominion".
WkZNB TIL that some corndogs are made from chicken instead of pork