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TIL There are hallucinogenic fish, with some trips lasting several days as a result of consumption.

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Oo0E4 TIL about Russia's "spacecraft graveyard" in the Altai region, where over 2,500 tons of space debris -- some dozens of feet long -- have rained down since the start of the Space Age. As new space junk falls, locals rush to raid the wreckage for precious metals they can sell.
lPm7 TIL that Peta kills about 2000 animals every year, about 90 percent of all the animals they take it. I also learned that about 60 percent of all animals taken in by all shelters nationwide are killed. The total number of euthanasia per year in America? About 4,000,000.
woj8o TIL of Ida & Isidor Straus, a couple aboard the Titanic the night it sank. Isidor had a chance to join his wife on a life boat, but stayed behind to give his place away to a child. Ida, refusing to leave her husband behind, too left the life boat. They died together arm in arm when the ship sank.
0oy1 TIL that Estonia is the most advanced state in terms of direct democracy and the use of internet in government
JYKOk TIL that Paul McCartney created Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band after misunderstanding Salt and Pepper for Sergeant Pepper, which triggered a train of thoughts leading to the album’s concept