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TIL that in 1975 David Bowie and Dennis Hopper broke into a psychiatric ward wearing spacesuits to deliver cocaine to Iggy Pop.

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JJ91 TIL Sponge bob’s “Bikini Bottom” takes place under a nuclear bomb testing site used in the 40’s called Bikini Atoll (Island at beginning of each episode) Several episodes were made specifically referencing Bikini Atoll, which could mean some characters are results of nuclear mutation. See Production
yVv5e TIL about Grace Annie Lockhart, the first woman in the British Empire to earn a bachelor’s degree
X0GwR TIL about Sherman Copy of the Declaration of Independence, which seems to indicate John Adams copied an original from someone with the initials "T.P." , suggesting Thomas Paine may have had a hand in drafting the Declaration of Independence. Paine was the author of Common Sense.
Wk04 TIL that the Milky Way has other galaxies as satellites.
VBJ4G TIL Benjamin Franklin ran the first placebo-controlled blind experiment. In 1782 King Louis XIV hired a group of scientists to investigate Franz Anton Mesmer's medical practices. Mesmer's cures were tried against nothing/fake treatments and ultimately the fakes worked as well as the 'real' cures.