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TIL from a 2006 case report the highest amount of lifetime ecstasy consumption ever recorded is 40K tablets that were taken over a 9-year period by Mr. A. After quitting the habit, he developed several serious symptoms including memory loss so severe he needs daily help to function.

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8aOeL TIL of Oymyakon - the coldest village on earth. The lowest temperature was recorded in January 1924 of −71.2 °C (−96.2 °F). It is known as "The Pole of the Cold". Food includes the frozen raw Arctic fish, white salmon, whitefish, frozen raw horse liver, but they are considered to be delicacies.
YprGv TIL that Steven Spielberg bought and donated to the Academy Awards two Oscars that were being auctioned privately. He paid $578,000 for Bette Davis’ Best Actress Oscar for the 1938 movie “Jezebel,” and $607,500 for Clark Gable’s Best Actor Oscar for 1934’s “It Happened One Night.”
gMG48 TIL 38 years ago a man in Perugia, Italy was digging a plot in his backyard for a vegetable garden and discovered an Etruscan tomb dating before Christ.
J1PWm TIL That tiny pocket in jeans is actually called a watch pocket because it was originally intended as a safe place for men to store their pocket watches. It dates back to Levi's first-ever pair of jeans, which hit the market in 1879.
Wkxlo TIL that Bohemian Grove is a 137 year old secret camp, that Nixon called "the most faggy goddamn thing you could ever imagine". The camp is private and only open to the rich and powerful men of the world. It's also where The Manhattan Project was initially planned.