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TIL that various species of venomous viperid snakes (AKA rattlesnake) are native to different regions of the Americas, from Canada down to Argentina

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5YAnp TIL that Grace Slick, singer of Jefferson Airplane, conspired a plot to spike Richard Nixon’s drink with 600 micrograms of LSD at a White House tea party. She was denied entry, but not before her companion hung a huge black flag with a marijuana leaf on the WH gate.
J4n8 TIL in Viking culture, everyone got together to make laws and settle disputes. They called it the “Thing”
e08A4 TIL of the “Rainbow Party” oral sex urban legend from the early 2000’s that made it as far as featuring on the Oprah Winfrey show
9wlgD TIL that the country that shares the largest border with France is... Brazil!
GAnPj TIL that the saying "eating crow" comes from the fact that crow meat tastes bad