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TIL Alcoholics anonymous co-founder, Bill Wilson, experimented with LSD. He found the experiences to be so life changing that he considered the use of LSD as a step of AA. He then removed himself from the AA governing body after backlash.

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JJnB TIL Raisa Gorbachev once told a British minister there were more than 300 ways to cook potatoes in the USSR. When he had doubts, she sent him a cookbook and a note: “My apologies for being somewhat inaccurate: in fact, there are five hundred, rather than three hundred, recipes to cook potatoes.”
LkW8V TIL that a British officer who fought in WW1 was struck by lightning 4 times in his lifetime. The third strike paralyzed him completely and eventually killed him. The fourth one struck his grave, shattering his tombstone.
l70w1 TIL strength training increases bone density in postmenopausal women; Bone loss is significantly accelerated with the loss of estrogen after menopause in elderly women
8XjZ TIL Gaius gracchus, the ancient roman politician, had a bounty put on his head to the price of the head’s weight in gold. Although the head was delivered, the prize was never paid, as it was discovered that Gaius’ captor had emptied out his brain and replaced it with molten lead.
nW64o TIL: To prevent mix-ups in crematories, corpses are assigned a number and metal ID tag which stays with the body from start to finish. The tag assures families and regulators that they are receiving the ashes of their loved one and not someone else.