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TIL that hydras (small organisms) are practically inmortal and don’t seem to age at all

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nwVb TIL During a nuclear scare in 1960, the President of France secretly went to the President of the United States and told him “I do not know what Khrushchev is going to do, nor what is going to happen, but whatever he does…. I want you to know that I am with you to the end.”
M7Blb TIL about neuroathletic training. It focuses on the brain's control system rather than traditional physical movement, using sensory activation to overcome training plateaus. This triggers blocked motor processes, improves movement improve blood flow in the brain, and helps in athletic performances
WPnd TIL according to Timothy Leary, Mary Pinchot Meyer, who was romantically linked to JFK, took part in a plan to avert worldwide nuclear war by convincing powerful male members of the Washington establishment to take LSD, which would presumably lead them to conclude that the Cold War was meaningless
N70kN TIL that Canadians Citizens/Passport holders do not require a visa for visits/trips under 90 days to The Netherlands, another show of gratitude for Canada's aid during WW2.
b9eA4 TIL that in trial accusing Judas Priest of subliminal messages in their songs that made two young men commit suicide, the band argued that if you play speech backwards some of it will seem to make sense, so they played their album backwards and heard ‘Give me a peppermint’ and ‘Help me keep a job’