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TIL The White House didn’t have a 4th of July celebration until 1801. Cherokee chiefs were invited and cock fighting was part of the celebration.

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N7Y51 TIL a study of spiny lobsters showed they avoid others who've contracted an infectious disease called PaV1 that is transmitted by physical contact and which has a steady 7% infection rate in Florida waters. Spiny lobsters are very social and share communal dens but will shun infected individuals.
g6k7 TIL that a man once rescued a newborn baby from a dumpster, only to find out the baby was his.
KOy4Q TIL BBC delayed the release of David Bowie's song Space Oddity due to the Moon Landing
Rxw6 TIL a 2011 Johns Hopkins study gave healthy adults a few sessions of Psilocybin (magic mushrooms). A year later, 94% of the individuals said the experiment was in their top 5 most meaningful experiences of their lives; 39% said it was the single most meaningful experience of their lives.
XEOrR TIL that the eating the liver of certain arctic animals such as polar bears or walruses would kill you due to its high concentration of vitamin A