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TIL that you can see China’s air pollution on satellite images.

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694vl TIL that with a GDP of ~$780 Billion, Manhattan would have the 22nd largest national GDP in the world if it were a country. Out of 213. That's bigger than Sweden.
d8OJZ TIL ancient Romans used to eat hallucinogenic fish at parties to get high.
R5kv9 TIL that both hell.com and heaven.com lead to the same place! MyBible.com, a bible reading group!
Rxw6 TIL a 2011 Johns Hopkins study gave healthy adults a few sessions of Psilocybin (magic mushrooms). A year later, 94% of the individuals said the experiment was in their top 5 most meaningful experiences of their lives; 39% said it was the single most meaningful experience of their lives.
OGxk7 TIL that the alien bodies retrieved at the 1947 Roswell crash were actually deformed children created by Nazi Joseph Melenge and sent by Stalin in an effort to create panic of a Mars invasion.