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TIL in 1953, a US Scientist named Frank Olsen was administered LSD without his knowledge as part of the MKULTRA program. A week later, Olsen ended up dead. The CIA claimed Olsen jumped from a hotel window, but later paid the family $750K and a 2nd autopsy revealed he was likely assassinated.

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Znlp TIL When Andy Serkis (appearing as Gollum) delivered his acceptance speech for “Best Visual Performance,” in the Two Towers, at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards, the speech itself won a Hugo award for “Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form”
VBZ0m TIL the Sasanid Persians and the Eastern Romans signed a treaty called the Treaty of Eternal Peace in 532 CE, which concluded the Iberian War (527–531) between the two powers over what is now Georgia. It only lasted 8 years, until 540
Zpp5Y TIL the reason for the signs that say "$10 if we fail to give you a receipt" at stores. They aren't for receipt-obsessed customers, they are there to keep the employees from stealing. If employees don't ring up your purchase and generate receipt, the employee could just put cash in their pocket.
rVK4 TIL that pornhub offered a “save the boobs!” Campaign where they offered to donate a penny to the Susan B Komen Foundation for evry 30 views in the “big tit” or “small tit” category, but the foundation refused their money so pornhub tripled it and gave it to other organizations
OoPMa TIL the invention of the vibrator preceded the vacuum cleaner and electric iron by a decade, after doctors grew tired of having to manually climax the ‘hysteria’ out of women.