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TIL the first person to discover the effects of LSD took it by accident, and took it a second time to confirm the cause of the hallucinations

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6E80J TIL Russian cosmonauts used to carry pistols into space in case of a bear attack at their landing site
J1gv8 TIL a wanted fugitive performed plastic surgeries on his face using scissors, a box cutter and a needle with thread in order to avoid capture. Some of the surgeries were done in public restrooms. He evaded arrest for over 2 years
n14o TIL Mario was born in Mushroom Kingdom, but Luigi, his twin brother, was born in Brooklyn, NY.
5VywP TIL on January 21st, 232 years ago, Louis the XVI was guillotined for high treason
b6Zp TIL that after Star Trek was canceled, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhara) volunteered for a special recruiting project at NASA where she recruited America’s first and second female, as well as black male, astronauts.