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TIL The Grateful Dead once dosed the crew of Hugh Hefner's 'Playboy After Dark' with LSD

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VrAQ TIL vegetables in Alaska grow gigantic because they receive 20 hours of sunlight a day
4keEb TIL that Efren Reyes decided to use an alias in 1985 to throw off players from avoiding him. Instead of going by his real name, he used the name of his best friend, Cesar Morales, and surprised players at the Red's Open 9-Ball Tournament in Houston, Texas.
LQLkr TIL It has been reported that besides Abe Lincoln, the ghosts of William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, and Thomas Jefferson also haunt the White House. Lincoln’s ghost hasn’t been seen since the 1980’s.
vWdD TIL that when a sperm whale eats a giant squid and consumes its beak, its digestive tract secretes a substance called ambergris to ease its passing. Ambergris is extremely valuable (a 2.4lb lump sold for £11,000) and can be used to make perfumes and to flavor food.
1ayXr TIL that there was a mysterious disease that existed in Guam. It was the leading cause of adult death between 1945 & 1956. Fruit bats were part of the local diet at the time & became extinct as a result of over hunting. A decline in fruit bat consumption led to a decline in incidence of the disease