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TIL Russia still regularly produces and uses Asbestos products

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E860 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.
nJpG 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.
xVnvb 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.
4k95w TIL 8.5 million people died because of the first world war
KODXQ TIL about Drapetomania, a "mental illness" made up in the 1850s to explain why slaves might want to escape