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TIL that the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous wanted to include the use of LSD in the 12-step program, saying that it helped the user find “a power greater than ourselves” that “could restore us to sanity”

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YpGNA TIL Research shows that people infected with a parasite from cats were more likely to have business ambitions, and placed a greater emphasis on entrepreneurship and management.
E1gw TIL that “Smash” by The Offspring has been certified 6x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, making it the best-selling independent label album of all time.
XlK6 TIL San Antonio, Texas has the highest percentage of gay and lesbian parents in the US
R7bZl TIL one of the last wishes of Terry Pratchet, author of the Discworld Universe, was to have all his unfinished works crushed by a steamroller. The author’s wishes were fulfilled in 2015 when he passed from Alzheimer’s and the reason for it was so his work wasn’t mishandled after his death.
BjVy TIL that in 1976 during filming of an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man, the crew discovered the mummified corpse of Elmer McCurdy, an Oklahoma outlaw being used used as fun-house prop