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TIL about Salvinorin A, a dissociative hallucinogen found in the plant Salvia divinorum. Used by indigenous Mazatec shamans for spiritual purposes for thousands of years, it's currently being studied as a potential therapeutic agent, as it's in legal in most countries which facilitates research.

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epBK5 TIL that Chief Petalesharro, a Pawnee from Nebraska, was received in full regalia by President Monroe at the White House in 1821. The Chief had become a celebrity after rescuing a woman his tribe was attempting to burn at the stake. He rescued her from the fire and rode away with her on his horse.
GYJ84 TIL nobody knew for certain if there was a point in a horses gait where all 4 legs were off the ground until it was finally settled in 1878 with 16 photos that captured it in quick succession. A horse ran over wires placed every 21 inches and triggered the shutter in ​one-thousandth of a second.
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ZWOv TIL that Claudette Colvin was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation. However, since she was only 15 years old (and pregnant), the NAACP decided their secretary, Rosa Parks, would better represent the movement as the ideal segregation protester who would spark the bus boycotts.