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TIL that the term "lobby" comes from the ability of ordinary people to meet their representatives in lobbies and hallways of the UK Parliament buildings after debates

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wok5P TIL "magic mushrooms" are legal in Colorado and Oregon
DjPJ TIL Freddie Mercury was an Indian Parsi with the birth name Farrokh Bulsara
1nRO TIL that a religion has sprung up around the philosophy of The Dude in The Big Lebowski. I’d say more, but I’m going for the whole brevity thing.
7rpaL TIL In 1985 a drug smuggler jettisoned 40 kilograms (76 pounds) of cocaine from his airplane over Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest. A black bear (later dubbed 'Pablo EskoBear') found and ate ALL of the cocaine and died of an inconceivably massive overdose.
VBVyB TIL that deliberately attacking a parachutist jumping from a distressed aircraft is internationally recognized as a war crime under the laws of armed conflict.