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TIL when California two-spot octopuses (a specific species) were submerged in an ecstasy solution, they got calmer and more sociable with other octopuses they previously ignored. While this showed they react similarly to humans on MDMA, this was a pilot experiment that needs further research.

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YpwGr TIL Florentine society during Renaissance tacitly accepted male homosexuality but had a rigid rule: passive/receptive partner must be under 20 years of age while active partner had to be older (20s or early 30s). Reversing those roles was considered shocking and a deviation from the “natural order.”
GBoJ TIL that Belarus is the last country in Europe that still uses the death penalty. The convicts are shot in the back of the head with a silenced PB-9 pistol. The whole procedure, starting with the announcement about denied appeals and ending with the gunshot, lasts no longer than two minutes.
yQ4aJ TIL after Marcelo Bielsa became manager of Leeds United FC, he found out that the average fan had to work 3 hours to pay for a match ticket. He called his players together and made them pick up litter from around the training ground for 3 hours, to appreciate how the fans laboured for their passion
rNERo TIL In 1966, President Kennedy's brain disappeared from the National Archives
PXRG TIL Suge Knight threatened to throw Vanilla Ice off a balcony if he didn’t sign him the rights to ‘Ice Ice Baby’. Suge used the money to fund Death Row Records