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TIL that on his deathbed, Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, asked his wife to inject him with LSD and for her to stay by him, he died 6 hours later and she notes it as ‘the most beautiful death she has ever experienced’

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6EaDX TIL that a man sued Warner Bros after he was injured while fainting during a screening of The Exorcist. He claimed that the film contained subliminal messages that caused his fainting spell. When he lost consciousness, his face hit one of the seats, breaking his jaw. They settled out of court.
BrJyK TIL that when former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, the song "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead" from the Wizard Of Oz shot to number 2 on the UK singles chart-and BBC radio refused to play it.
6ENLZ TIL: A man in India developed low cost sanitary pads for the rural women because they were so expensive. The purpose of his feat was to prevent his wife from using dirty clothes. His name is Arunachalam Muruganantham and Bollywood recently made a movie called "Padman" inspired by his story.
KY81a TIL that acarophenacidae mites mate inside the body of their mother before they are born. Normally one male develops per mother. He develops slightly faster than his sisters and inseminates them.
rR5DW TIL that the "Hokey Pokey" (You put your right arm in...) song is hundreds of years old, with dance and lyric origins that go back to the 17th century.