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TIL The CIA ran a study of LSD that lasted over 20 years and ruined many civilian lives

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rRV7y TIL that hundreds of millions of years ago, giant 24 foot mushrooms were more popular before trees were as common as they are today. They are spires of fungus called “prototaxites”.
ADvJo TIL beer soup was a common breakfast in medieval Europe.
a88vZ TIL the Masai Tribe in Africa donated 14 cows to the United States after 9/11
wo7jM TIL “bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t” because, botanically, bananas grow from one flower with a single ovary and meet the berry criteria, while strawberries are classified as “aggregate fruits” made from multiple ovaries
kJKJg TIL. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646–1709) was a Japanese shōgun of the Edo period, known for his eccentric love for dogs. A Buddhist monk convinced him that he had been a dog in a previous life, and from then on he enacted laws in favour of them, such as the capital punishment for damaging them.