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TIL 8 people accidentally snorted LSD at a party thinking it was cocaine, resulting in doses roughly 1000x higher than normal. All recovered fully within 12 hours.

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wxp7 TIL that André The Giant had an operation in 1987 in which his size made it impossible for the anesthesiologist to estimate a dosage via standard methods; consequently, his alcohol tolerance (“it usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside”) was used as a guideline instead.
b9Vy4 TIL only one two-lane road connects eastern Canada with western Canada. In 2016, the road was closed due to a bridge needing repairs, splitting the country for 17 hours and forcing drivers to detour through the US
ZD4Y TIL that Snopes, wanting to stress that people shouldn’t believe everything they read, created a few entries with myths they made up and marked them “true”. Tv channel TLC ran an urban legends show that on one episode said something to be true. That something was one of the myths created by Snopes.
8oZ8 TIL the Rolling Stones get all royalties for The Verve’s hit “Bittersweet Symphony” despite The Verve being granted permission to use a few notes from a symphonic cover of a 1965 Stones song in exchange for 50% royalties. Turns out those notes weren’t even written by the Rolling Stones.
pYaD8 TIL that Dee Bradley Baker was the voice of Olmec on Legends of the Hidden Temple