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

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Oo5YX TIL the Seven Sisters star cluster is known as Subaru ("to unite") in Japan. It was chosen as the brand name of Subaru automobiles to reflect the origins of the firm as the joining of five companies, and is depicted in the firm's six-star logo.
Avlo TIL: Two mid-tier scientists were tasked with building a nuclear bomb to see how easy it would be for any country to make one, and they succeeded
9YGdr TIL yogurt’s composition was first broken down by Bulgarian scientist Dr. Grigorov. His work was then picked up by Russian biologist Élie Metchnikoff who established a link between Bulgarian peasants’ yogurt consumption and their very long lives.
b6Rp7 TIL when Chuck Peddle & Bill Mensch introduced the 6502 microprocessor at a trade show in 1975, it was faster & cheaper than its competitors ($25 each instead of nearly $200). It almost single-handedly forced the price of processors to drop, helping to launch the personal computer revolution.
xGWb TIL that ferrets are more closely related to walruses, than they are related to dogs and are more related to dogs than they are related to cats