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TIL: The DEA claims that methamphetamine and cocaine is less harmful than LSD and Marijuana

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KBgR TIL when Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first American in space, reporters asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder.”
69MJX TIL Earths Geographical North Pole is actually earths Southern Magnetic Pole.
m1vWR TIL that in 2015 the European Commission paid 360 000€ for a report to study how much piracy impacts the sales of copyrighted goods. The 300-page report concluded that piracy has no statistical effect on the sales and was quietly buried.
p8MGZ TIL that the first female referee in a UEFA-sanctioned football game was Nicole Petignat, the match was AIK(SWE) vs Fylkir (ISL). AIK won 1-0
Men1W TIL the spikes on the end of a stegosaurus tail are called thagomizer, based off a Far Side cartoon