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TIL the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous advocated the regular use of LSD to aid recovering alcoholics.

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wXn6 TIL that the word Ewok is never once said in the Star Wars movies.
ne1Qo TIL about "the Singing Revolution" which happened between 1987 and 1991 in Estonia when people gathered in public places to sing national songs together despite the ban. This and the "human chain" from Estonia to Lithuania were among the events that led to the independence of Baltic states.
nQaB TIL that the external fuel tank on the space shuttles were originally painted white, but it turned out this added 600 lbs of paint to the shuttle so it was kept the normal orange color
8eM6X TIL of Daniel Sickles. He shot the son of Francis Scott Key in broad daylight for sleeping with his wife, and was the first person acquitted under the insanity defense. Later he was appointed a Union general, and lost his leg disobeying orders. He regularly claimed to be 6 years younger than he was.
aB6N TIL that Toto from Wizard of Oz was paid more than the munchkins were