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TIL Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado in 1970 on the promises of decriminalizing all drugs and renaming Aspen to "Fat City".

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JYvrv TIL DC Comic's Watchmen was originally intended to use existing heroes from a company DC had just purchased. DC liked the proposal for the Watchmen but didn't want their new characters killed or made into villains. The Watchmen creative team reworked the Charlton heroes into similar substitutes.
4vA5 TIL there is a charity organization that makes porn to protest against tropical deforestation. Their name: Fuck For Forest
b6MP0 TIL the Cheech and Chong's "Basketball Jones" included George Harrison on guitar, Carol King on electric piano, Ronnie Specter and Darleen Love on backing vocals and a supergroup of session musicians who had worked with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Earth Wind and Fire, Blues Brothers and others.
XE85P TIL food industries were aggressively opposed to writing "insect-based" on ingredient labels even though many products we consume and buy are made with insects. The FDA and EU agreed to allow variations. So, now, when you see "carmine", "cochineal", "natural red 4", or "E120" - that also means bugs.
JYKMl TIL there is a scientifically best way to wash your hands.