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TIL There are more public libraries than McDonalds in the U.S.

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xGW0 TIL the median lethal dose (LD50) of marijuana is estimated (at the low end) at 1:20,000. This means a person would have to smoke around 15,000 pounds of marijuana in about 15 minutes to die from it.
gK97 TIL Ultima Online had an Artificial Life Engine that was removed because players killed stuff so fast that the system couldn’t respond to it
K9PR TIL That the first recorded US College Streaker was a Washington College senior named George William Crump and he ran naked through Lexington in 1804. He was suspended, and went on to become a congressman.
XEj78 TIL Pope's cannot be an organ ( eyes, kidneys, bone marrow etc.) donor as his body is deemed to sacred to be transferred to ordinary person.
6EWr8 TIL Plato wrote of the Ring of Gyges: A shepherd found a golden ring in a tomb in a cave, pocketed it, realized it could make him invisible, used it to seduce the queen, commit regicide, and become the new king.