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TIL In 2001, the DEA attempted to ban glowsticks from parties by labelling them as “drug paraphernalia”

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woLxo TIL about the Horse, Sergeant Reckless. A Horse who served with the marines in Korea. She was able to haul ammunition by herself without a handler, would seek a bunker or lay down when under fire and received two purple hearts as well as other medals for her service in the Korean war.
4krR TIL that Socrates’ would walk, according to historians, with “ a swagger so intimidating that enemy soldiers kept their distance” and “barefoot and unwashed, carrying a stick and looking arrogant”
kNl7 TIL Three generations of the 10th US President John Tyler’s family from his 1790 birth to his still living grandsons have spanned parts of 4 centuries.
JYgYv TIL an endangered parrot in New Zealand would only mate with people's heads, so they made an ejaculation helmet for people to wear, the parrot to fuck and the helmet to collect the rare semen.
Bg7b TIL that sleep allows the brain’s synapses to be optimized to prevent your brain from growing too big