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TIL that Viking “Berserkers” would take hallucinogenic mushrooms to induce their battle rage

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W7NAX TIL in Utah, you have to upload your ID and register your email address in order to watch Pornhub and other adult content sites on your personal devices.
p8e64 TIL when Robert Ballard (professor of oceanography) announced a mission to find the Titanic, it was a cover story for a classified mission to search for lost nuclear submarines. They finished before they were due back, so the team spent the extra time looking for the Titanic and actually found it.
7rYmO TIL after a police search failed to find ex-WWE wrestler Ray Rougeau’s friend who was lost in the Canadian wilderness, Ray successfully found him by flying his own plane above the woods.
XPL6 TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China
OoXRg TIL Dr. Bagenholm fell face first into a frozen river while skiing and got stuck. Doctors revived her from being clinically dead which led to the development of therapeutic hypothermia, which has increased survival rates and brain function in many heart surgery, epileptic, and stroke patients.