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TIL about how psilocybin resets neural networks, essentially ‘rebooting’ your brain’s connections when on shrooms.

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wLaRE TIL Lonnie Johnson, the man who created the “Super Soaker” (the world’s best selling toy) was awarded $72.9M in a Hasbro Settlement for unpaid royalties.
N7gmP TIL about the Berlin Conference in 1884. 14 European countries held a 6 month long conference to formally divide Africa, so they an invade, overthrow existing governments, and pillage without fighting among each other. By 1902 90% of the continent was owned by European countries.
R8ZQ TIL if Earth were the size of a Whopper (malt ball), the largest known star would have a diameter of about 35 miles in relative size
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6EXeJ TIL that in the first movie of Jurassic Park, the T Rex malfunctioned and wasn't actually supposed to break into the car. The kids were genuinely terrified and the T Rex broke it's tooth.