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TIL the US pressured India to make charas (hash) illegal in the 1980’s. The “war on drugs” was international.

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ZGAp TIL that an AshleyMadison survey of over 100 thousand users indicates that 25% of female subscribers have either had children from their affairs that they have passed off as products of their marriage or are unsure of their child’s parentage! Happy Father’s Day!!
GA177 TIL that The Beatles Animated Series (1965-1967) was the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.
woeJ6 TIL the 1871 Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin was the most deadly in US history, killing up to 2,500. It's mostly forgotten because of another fire that occured the same day, the Great Chicago Fire.
awZZZ TIL about "Mean World Syndrome" in which people who are exposed to excessive violent content in mass media, particularly TV news coverage, believe the world is much more violent than it actually is.
7rdgP TIL the architects of the 2005 de Young museum in San Francisco hoped the building’s copper facade would have turned green by now, like the Statue of Liberty, but new estimates give it 50 years.