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TIL that ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Could Treat Depression & Addiction

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x694o TIL that the celestial bodies or any objects in space we see in space are actually from the past due to how long it takes for light to travel back to Earth.
njE9 TIL leaving the US with more than $5.00 in pennies is a crime that could land you in jail for five years.
Agma Today I learned Jingle Bells is actually a Thanksgiving song.
KOpjR TIL Giuseppe Piazzi, following his discovery of the Dwarf Planet Ceres, had difficulty tracking its position given the lack of data. Carl Friedrich Gauss, upon hearing this, worked for three months on the problem and successfully predicted its position within half a degree a year after discovery.
b9ARE TIL Quentin Tarantino played an Elvis impersonator in an episode of The Golden Girls and used his pay (about $3600) to help finance Reservoir Dogs.