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TIL Alexander the Great Killed His Friend in a Drunken Rage by Throwing a Javelin Threw His Chest During an Argument

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4XD6g TIL that the US gave hallucinogenic drugs to soldiers to make sure they are prepared to exposure to chemical warfare. Between 1955-75 the army used 7,000 volunteer soldiers to test LSD, nerve agents, irritants, and blistering agents. Some volunteers were asked to workout & do math while on LSD.
nemQ7 TIL David Bleak, an Army Medic during the Korean War, reacted to an ambush by running into the trench, breaking one enemy's neck, crushing another's windpipe, then plunging his knife into the chest of a third. He then threw himself atop an American soldier to shield him from the blast of a grenade.
GAv6N TIL that in 1992, Paramount put a seductive 75-foot cartoon cutout of the character of Holli Would from the movie Cool World on top of the "D" in the Hollywood sign as part of the publicity stunt. Locals protested it as 'sign prostitution' until it was taken down.
wokl1 TIL The Inquisition never actually ended, is still ongoing, and is now known as "The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith"
e0LJk TIL about one in every 1500 people have something called Voluntarily Piloerection - the ability to consciously give themselves goosebumps. The phenomenon both perplexes and intrigues neurophysiologists by defying conventional understanding of how the unconscious nervous system operates.