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TIL Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson's grandfather quit drinking "immediately after having a 'religious experience' when he was under the influence of [magic mushrooms]."

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gMxrW TIL in 2017, a Norwegian newspaper called biathlon expert Ola Lunde (a very common name in Norway) to ask his opinion on the national team coach. It made headlines when Lunde rashly said the coach wasn't good enough and had to be fired. The only problem was that this Ola Lunde was an ordinary fan.
68D7 TIL That Ken Griffey, Jr. played With His Dad during the MLB season of 1990 –and in one game, Sr. and Jr. hit back-to-back home-runs.
Yplev TIL that a NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson was the only American not on Earth when the 9/11 attacks occurred. His morning call started with “Well, Frank, we’re not having a very good day down here on earth.”
7Ne7 TIL Liverpool is the first city to open a fast-walking lane in response to residents complaining about chatters, pavement hoggers, and phone-watchers in the shopping area of St John Street
WKvB TIL: Banana flavored candy tastes that way because that’s how bananas tasted until the 1960s, when a fungus wiped out that strain of bananas. Today another fungus threatens the strain of bananas we eat.