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TIL that Albert Hofmann discovered the effects of LSD by handling the compound without gloves, allowing for it to be absorbed through his fingertips inducing the first LSD trip ever.

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BrZRr TIL In 1964, Zambian teacher and freedom fighter Edward Mukuka Nkoloso started a space program. Weightlessness training involved rolling downhill in an oil drum, flight was planned to be via catapulting from a tree and the crew consisted of a 16 year old girl, a Christian missionary and some cats.
4Xwk5 TIL Bell Peppers contain more Vitamin C than oranges do, and contain higher amounts the riper the color becomes. A cup of chopped Red bell pepper "contains nearly three times more Vitamin C than an orange—190 mg."
l7GYV TIL Viruses called Pandoraviruses and some bacteria, were found frozen in 30,000-year-old permafrost (ground that is continually frozen) in Siberia. In 2016 there was an anthrax outbreak in Siberia that killed one person and many animals. It’s thought that permafrost melting exposed the bacteria.
1akkP TIL Amputees have reported having orgasms in their feet.
W7yNd TIL the set for the 1989 movie "The Abyss" was constructed inside an abandoned nuclear power plant, modified to hold water. When filming wrapped, the set was just left there rather than deconstructed. It remained there until 2007 when it was finally demolished.