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TIL The co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous believed LSD could be used to cure alcoholics and credited the drug with helping his own recovery from often debilitating depression.

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OOKR TIL of a German Nazi interrogator who never used any physical means to obtain the information but was so successful that the US military incorporated his methods into its curriculum. Later in life he became a mosaic artist and did the Cinderella Castle mosaic at the Disney World Florida.
wopl6 TIL that Kaffeklubben Island, the northernmost piece of land in the world at 83°39′N latitude, has flowers growing on it
PY7ag TIL about Don Bradman, a cricket player whose batting average was 99.94. A usual batting average in cricket is between 20 and 60.
xV4V1 TIL there is a drawing of a dick on Mars and there is a drawing of a dick on the Moon
Ooma7 TIL that they make and sell blue Santa suits in Liverpool as they are the colours of Everton FC and fans refuse to wear Red and White as they are the colours of their rivals, Liverpool FC.