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TIL Russia still regularly produces and uses Asbestos products
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TIL that John Hopkins University conducted a study of mushrooms with 36 college-educated adults (average age of 46) who had never tried psilocybin nor had a history of drug use. More than two-thirds reported it was among the top five most spiritually significant experiences in their lives.
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TIL Jessica Dubroff, a 7 year old, attempted to become the youngest pilot to fly an airplane across the US. The plane crashed shortly into her journey.
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TIL that in 1291, two brothers from Genoa sailed into the Atlantic in search of a sea route to India. They made it to Morocco but were never seen again.
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TIL 8.5 million people died because of the first world war
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TIL about Drapetomania, a "mental illness" made up in the 1850s to explain why slaves might want to escape