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TIL that Grace Slick, the lead singer of psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane, planned to spike President Richard Nixon's tea with 600 micrograms of LSD after being invited to a tea party at the White House

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kEd5 TIL The band Oasis were sued by Coca-Cola and forced to pay $500,000 in damages after it was alleged that the Oasis song “Shakermaker” had lifted words and melody from “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” a Coke jingle. Asked about the incident, Noel Gallagher joked “Now we all drink Pepsi.”
ZM7Y TIL the letters “ough” can be pronounced 9 different ways as shown in this sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
OKLa TIL A man dedicated his life to preserving the memory of a former concentration camp in Chile living there alone and guarding it. After his death another man replaced him and currently lives there alone as well.
6Eb1Z TIL that Michael J Fox was at one time a chain smoker.
Vbb0 TIL that up until 2 years ago, Hawaii cops were allowed to have sex with prostitutes.