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TIL that they gave Molly (MDMA/ecstacy) to octopuses in the name of science. Known for being anti-social, this made them more social.

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yQaQX TIL the phrase "running amok" comes from a folk sickness in Malay/Indonesian cultures in which a man with no violent history will attempt to kill anyone he encounters in a sudden frenzy. It is thought an evil tiger spirit entered his body, therefore no ill will is held towards the man afterwards.
1EdX TIL Kristy Alley from Cheers did not appear as a guest in Frasier because she is a Scientologist and does not believe in psychiatry
D9wJ TIL In 1832, 57 Irishmen were most likely murdered and buried in a mass grave in Malvern, Pa while working on a stretch of railway. Amtrak will not permit an excavation so the men are still buried there this day.
4X0Xa TIL about the “Great Compression”, a period after WWII where economic inequality decreased and economic prosperity increased in the US.
0wev TIL that Andre the Giant once drank 127 beers in a hotel bar, passed out in the lobby, and, because he was so large, no one could move him until he woke up.