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TIL Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane once planned to dose Richard Nixon with 600mg of LSD while visiting the White House.

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J1KA8 TIL Galileo's middle finger is on display in Florence
xV70 TIL When it opened in 1967, Pirates of the Caribbean used real human skeletons as props.
wLXpJ Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and decided to bike from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. His best friend, filmmaker Kenny Laubbacher, came along for the ride. This short film follows Jenkins as he shares what he's learned from his journey so far. “When you’re a kid, everything is astonishing. Everything is new, and so your brain is awake and turned on ... Once your brain establishes a routine, it stops ... the alertness goes away,” he says. By choosing adventure Jenkins is able to reactivate his brain and turn his “hundred years on this planet into a thousand.
4X7RX TIL of the Amish subgroup called Renno Amish where the men are allowed to wear only one suspender.
woXyE TIL the term "chemist" is derived from "alchemist"