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TIL Lemmy’s aim for Motorhead was that it would “be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your lawn will die”

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xvNb TIL there is a hallucinogen originating from Africa called Ibogaine that is highly successful in treating heroin addiction by minimising the effects of withdrawal but it is illegal in most of the western world.
yVKQw TIL Jean-Pierre Blanchard had to complete the first English Channel crossing by air without his pants as he tossed them out to mid-journey to lower the weight.
ZdnD TIL that in the Himba tribe in Namibia (where they have no word for the color blue) test subjects could not single out a blue square from a group of green squares.
loQk7 TIL Dog Poop Girl (2005) is one of the first reported occurrences of doxing (publicly broadcasting private or identifying information). A young woman's dog pooped in a train. She refused to pick it up despite requests. Pictures were shared in Korea. She was publicly shamed and quit university.
R8y6 TIL The City of London, with a population of just over 7,000 residents, is one of the smallest cities in the U.K. The administrative district of Greater London, while technically not a city, is home to 8.3 million residents and is large enough to fit over 4 New Yorks and almost 50 Paris’s.