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TIL that the British army tested LSD on its Marines in 1964…and filmed it.

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b6M1a TIL that the Jonestown mass suicide in 1978 constituted the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until the incidents of 11 September 2001.
Jpo8 TIL in 1964, riots broke out in North Philadelphia over a false rumor that police beat a pregnant black woman to death. Over 200 businesses were looted or destroyed. Most of those businesses never returned, which lead to much of North Philadelphia turning into the crime-ridden slum we see today.
15yr TIL in 2009 the US Supreme Court ruled that following conviction, inmates had no constitutional right to obtain access to a State’s evidence for the purpose of exonerating themselves through DNA testing.
woxV7 TIL that the official language of Malta is a Semitic language, not a European language
nej5o TIL Tigers will take revenge on those who have done wrong to them. Tigers are amongst the most vengeful animals on this planet.