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TIL that a woman named Gaby Olthuis suffered from tinnitus (ringing in the ears) to such an extent that she opted for doctor assisted suicide

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rN6wd TIL about Paul Pena, a blind blues musician who taught himself Tuvan [AKA Mongolian] throat singing. He then traveled to the fringes of Mongolia to compete in a throat singing competition in the 90s and won.
QNZoe TIL that upon his death, the Catholic priest Jean Meslier (1664-1729) was discovered to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism and criticizing and denouncing all religions, calling Jesus a "madman" and a "fanatic".
wo5A7 TIL that the chemist Alexander Shulgin invented over 200 psychedelic drugs , self-administered them and wrote a book the experience he had with each of them
OGZo1 TIL that after John Lennon's murder, Keith Richards, who was a few miles south of the Dakota at the time, got his own gun and was searching through the streets for the killer
awNmJ TIL the Incan tradition of "capacocha" (child sacrifice) involved drugging the child.