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TIL that astronomer Carl Sagan was a longtime cannabis user, even writing an entire essay extolling its benefits, including for sex and orgasm

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9wB0r TIL that in the 1960s, Quebec’s Quiet Revolution saw the government take over schools, hospitals, and Hydro-Québec from the Catholic Church, creating jobs, improving services, reducing Church power, and sparking Quebec pride, nationalism, and a push for independence.
e069E TIL that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, rejected religion, and considered himself a humanist. Around age 14 he concluded that religion was nonsense. According to Ronald D. Moore, Roddenberry "felt very strongly that contemporary Earth religions would be gone by the 23rd century."
X0JKD TIL Cenk Uygur Becomes The First Naturalized Citizen on a Presidential Ballot In United States History
x6Jok TIL that Eddie Van Halen's payment for his solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was two six packs of beer.
4kLLR TIL that sleeping with your bedroom door open may cost you your life in a fire