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TIL of Albert Hofmann, who synthesized LSD. On 16 April 1943, he accidentally consumed some LSD and discovered its powerful effects. Three days later, he intentionally ingested 0.25 mg of LSD, whose effects he began to feel as he rode home on a bike. This was the first LSD trip.

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