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TIL: In 1952 British politician Christopher Mayhew, in a rare and 'unbroadcast' BBC Panorama special, once demonstrated the effects of mescaline hydrochloride, leading to a series of predictably comical incongruities.

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epyXL TIL Formula one race car driver Alex Zanardi cheated near death three times. In 2001 he had both legs amputated in a racing crash,in 2020 he suffered head trauma while handcycling and was in a medically induced coma, and in 2022 his home caught fire and he was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
QJ9Ee TIL Jackie Robinson's brother Mack won silver in the 200m at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - behind Jesse Owens
9YVMX TIL about agricultural slavery in present day southern italy run by the local Mafia. It is not only tolerated by local police, but is actually supported.
oXGE TIL of Whataboutism, a propaganda tactic used in the Soviet Union to discredit critics. When a criticism was posed, they would respond with “What about ____”, followed by a bad event from the west in the past.
aaOb TIL Charles Manson studied Scientology to learn how to manipulate people.