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TIL Canada is one of the oldest continual monarchies in the world. Established in either the 15th or 16th Century, it is older than the British monarchy which took a break between 1649 and 1660.

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rxgd TIL that Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, was at the forefront of the counterculture’s experimentation with psychedelics, which led to his 1954 work The Doors of Perception. Dying from cancer, he asked his wife on 22 November 1963 to inject him with 100 µg of LSD. He died later that day.
yknV TIL too much exposure to Silver (Ag) will turn your skin permanently blue
MeEGA TIL in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests, President Nixon left the White House to talk to the protesters face-to-face. When the Secret Service grew concerned for his safety, he told them to wait.
Z8KLp TIL that the term "fragging" comes from the Vietnam War. Soldiers would throw live frag grenades into the quarters of officers they thought were incompetent. "Fragging" unwanted officers became so common that Gen. Colin Powell, a Major at the time, moved his cot every night from 1968-69 to avoid it
kJ404 TIL in 2016 a man ate a ghost pepper in an eating contest and drank 6 glasses of water to cool off. He vomited so much he tore a hole in his esophagus and was rushed to a hospital where doctors found his left lung collapsed. He spent 23 days in the hospital and was sent home with a gastric tube.