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TIL the worlds oldest brewery still in operation will soon turn 1000 years old

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Rk8w TIL that Albert Hofmann discovered the effects of LSD by handling the compound without gloves, allowing for it to be absorbed through his fingertips inducing the first LSD trip ever.
vP4n4 TIL that Marilyn Monroe was a method actor. She studied with the method acting pioneer Lee Strasberg, who also taught actors such as Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Dean.
jbGa TIL that All six members of Monty Python expressed interest in playing Willy Wonka in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, but at the time they were deemed not big enough names for an international audience
OaXg TIL on the night of May 27, 1991, a drugged, naked, bleeding boy of 14 was found in a Milwaukee street. When police arrived, they returned the boy to the control of Jeffery Dahmer, who almost immediately killed and dismembered the boy. 2 women who argued with the police were threatened with arrest.
nrXo TIL that hockey player, Jarome Iginla, donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.