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TIL about "Fractal Elves", which are entities perceived by users of psychedelic drugs like DMT with references found in cultures ranging from shamanic traditions of Native Americans to indigenous Australians and African tribes

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W7J5X TIL that, twice in the 1990s, crews lived in the Biosphere 2 facility to demonstrate how to live in a closed ecosystem, cultivating their fields and making scientific experimentations
6vkm TIL Scientists Say A Fleet of 1500 Cloud-Seeding Ships Could Cheaply and Efficiently Stop Global Warming
AoMg TIL that womens buttons are on the left because the maids would dress them.
KdO6 TIL that all the mountains on Titan are named after mountains and peaks from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
e0RV5 TIL that cruise ships can emit as much particulate matter as a million cars every day and the air quality on deck can be as bad as the world’s most polluted cities.