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TIL of the Second Summer of Love, a 1980s British social phenomenon that consisted of the rise of acid house music and unlicensed rave parties. The term refers specifically to the summer of 1988, where there was a rise in use of the drug MDMA and mass free parties.

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nNJb TIL that 20 grams of saffron is a lethal dose.
4XN7J TIL the National Trust implores us to stop urinating in a toilet, in order to save the water used in flushing, and instead wee onto compost heaps, which speeds up the chemical process of decomposition, making it a better fertiliser to grow vegetables and save even more energy in reducing food miles.
ZpmQa TIL when an ancient Parisian cemetery was decommissioned in 1786, fat from the decomposing bodies was collected and turned into candles and soap
LvRr TIL that Albert Einstein once swapped places in a lecture with his chauffeur after falling ill. When the chauffeur was asked a question by a student, he merely responded “The answer to that question is actually quite simple! In fact, it’s so simple, that I am going to let my chauffeur answer it!”
16BMP TIL Podocytoma, Lærum's tumour, a tumour involving Podocyte cells of the kidney is arguably the World's rarest disease. So far not a single case of this theoretical disease has yet been diagnosed (translation in comments)