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TIL - In the study involving the 26 engineers, scientists, and others taking Psychedelics the participants actually took Mescaline Not LSD

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9ZN7 TIL that after his presidency and shortly before his death, a depressed LBJ repeatedly listened to Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water as he worried about the public’s perception of his legacy
WZOX TIL that after he was accused of witchcraft, Giles Corey was subjected to “pressing.” He was stripped naked and weight was added to a heavy plank on his chest to force him to plead innocent or guilty. Each time he was asked to make his plea, he said “more weight” and was eventually crushed to death.
Xj7X TIL the phrase ‘all the way to the bank’ was popularized by Liberace. When a journalist implied Liberace was gay, he sent him a telegram saying “What you said hurt me very much. I cried all the way to the bank.” It became his catchphrase after repeating it to reporters while suing the newspaper.
j79M TIL that in 1934, future president Gerald Ford threatened to quit his college football team unless his black teammate was allowed to play in a game against Georgia Tech
erdk TIL that since the movie “Beasts of No Nation” was released online the same time it was theatrically, AMC, Regal, Carmike, and Cinemark completely boycotted the movie, effectively downgrading the movie to a limited-release movie with a box office return of $90,777.