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TIL there are no documented human deaths from an LSD overdose

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LkZVv TIL that in 3000 BC the North Star was not Polaris, but a star called Thuban, because the axis of the earth was pointed in a different direction back then. This is because of the precession of equinoxes speeding and slowing down of the earth's spin through imperceptible intervals.
BjZk TIL Michael Jackson purchased the publishing rights to The Beatles song catalogue for $47.5 million, against the advice of his counsel. 30 years later it was resold to Sony for $750 million, nearly a 1500% increase in value.
4XmJJ TIL acts of bestiality appear several times in European cave art, with the oldest depiction being from a cave in Portugal dating back to the Paleolithic period.
R5Vaj TIL that with regard to a 24 hour day, divided into two periods, a.m. comes from the Latin ante meridiem, translating to "before midday", and p.m. from the Latin post meridiem, which translates to "after midday."
VBp6G TIL a woman named Sara Jane Moore tried to kill U.S. president Gerald Ford. She was in prison for 32 years. When asked about her crime in an interview, Moore stated, "I am very glad I did not succeed. I know now that I was wrong to try."