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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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N7K5P TIL in 1984 David Letterman introduced the world to "Velcro Jumping" by proving that with enough Velcro a man could stick to a wall. And by the 1990s, it had become a favorite pub activity in New Zealand.
Zplao TIL that two US Presidents were citizens of the confederacy, John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson
KOg59 TIL In 1986 during one of the strangest natural disasters in history, "Lake Nyos" suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.
J1rrv TIL Winnie-the-Pooh was originally named "Edward." They renamed the stuffed bear Winnie after meeting a black bear at the London Zoo with the same name. "Pooh" comes from a swan the creator AA Milne and his son encountered that they named Pooh.
69PvW Today I learned that there's a philosophy that posits that the collective meaning of life is to gain knowledge and help in human progress