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TIL about a group of 8 people who mistakenly snorted pure LSD crystals which they thought was cocaine, resulting in what is probably the largest LSD overdose ever and 5 of the 8 going into a state of coma. (Article continues on the next pages)

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XE46r TIL In 2007, the science advocacy group Sense About Science contacted the manufacturers of 15 "detox" products. When pressed, not a single detox peddler contacted could come up with a definition of what they meant by detox
vlXD TIL that Abe Simpson was right. During World War I, sauerkraut manufacturers worried that nobody would buy a product labelled with a German name, and so sauerkraut was renamed “Liberty cabbage” for the duration of the war.
7DwL TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that ants return to their nests by counting their steps. The ants with stilts overshot their nest by roughly 50% due to the new length of their steps.
mxMEO TIL that Louis Armstrong always wore a Star of David as an homage to a Jewish family that took him in when he was young and gave him his first horn
jNeEN TIL that the Unabomber was a victim of MK-Ultra.