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TIL that there is a school in MA for people with developmental disabilities that uses shock treatment and even with 6 deaths over its history, is still ongoing

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8arJa TIL that dragon fruit comes from cactuses
YpXxd TIL Cheddar cheese wasn't the dominantly produced cheese in Britain until WWII, when cheese factories were forced to produce Cheddar due to its high yield per litre of milk; this was necessary due to the introduction of rationing.
P1KJe TIL that since 2010 there is a church called united church of bacon. They have over 25,000 members and even have their own bacon commandments.
j6pR TIL That China produces stamina enhancement pills that are 99.7% ground up dead babies.
neZJ9 TIL about the ‘Stoned Ape’ theory the idea that ingestion of psychedelic mushrooms was the "evolutionary catalyst" from which language, projective imagination, the arts, religion, philosophy, science, and all of human culture sprang.