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TIL Cary Grant said LSD achieved what yoga and meditation could not. Bonus: he sued Chevy Chase for slander

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KRw4 TIL a US nuclear submarine that sank in deep water in 1968 is still resting at the bottom of the sea at a known location. Its nuclear reactor and nuclear weapons have never been recovered.
R7VDj TIL A man only survived the 1902 Mount Pelee eruption, which killed 30,000 people, because he’d been thrown in jail the day before and his cell was partially underground. It had thick stone walls, a bomb-proof magazine, and a small slit for breathing with no other windows.
yQlov TIL that Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer was originally composed by a copywriter, as the marketing campaign for a promotional colouring book
7ry87 TIL the ISS has port and starboard lights!
b9nMZ Today I learned that a backlight behind your TV can improve the the quality of the image and reduce eye strain.