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TIL that in the late 1970’s it was completely legal to smoke marijuana in one’s home for personal use in Alaska.

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R7A5j TIL about Eridu, the first sumerian city(in modern day Iraq in the mesopotamian region) founded in 5400 BC, originally located close to the Persian gulf at the mouth of the river, but is now at some distance from the gulf because of the accumulation of silt at its shoreline over a millenia.
0dQDy TIL that the controversial blue and white dress illusion was replicated by neuroscientists with socks and Crocs
99Pp TIL that those clouds that look like fish skin/scales are a pretty reliable indicator of a change in weather (often rain) in the next 6-12 hours
R5nPw TIL that almond milk was a common staple in medieval Europe.
nW9bY TIL Lufthansa was losing approximately 500,000 euros per hour in 2021. Lufthansa admitted in 2022 that it operated over 18,000 empty flights during the pandemic simply to keep airport slots.