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TIL that the man behind the ban of marijuana Harry Anslinger may have done so because of racism, reportedly stating that black and Mexican were the primary users. It was banned even though there was no scientific evidence of it being dangerous to mental health.

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rR7Ke TIL Piper Perri the pornstar known for that five black guys meme ;left her 2 year-old son with her drug addict boyfriend to attend a shoot. Shortly after her leaving, the child was hospitalized and pronounced brain dead with symptoms of shaken baby syndrome. The child was declared dead days after.
8aVN8 TIL a Grateful Dead concert from 43 years ago still remains the largest ticketed concert in the United States. September 3, 1977, Englishtown, New Jersey 107,019 people
KOAQ4 TIL - Personality has a larger effect on success than IQ.
p8d68 TIL about British Royal Navy pilot Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, who flew 487 different types of aircraft. This official record will almost certainly never be broken. He also holds several other records including one for most aircraft carrier landings at 2,407.
EZ80 TIL that a rare species of Iguana was discovered by John Gibbons, a herpetologist, while watching the 1980 film “The Blue Lagoon”