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TIL The Actors of Mad Men Smoke Herbal Cigarettes

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P14nL TIL that Nick Mason, the drummer for Pink Floyd, competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race five times and completed it twice.
p8jPA TIL of Marcario Garcia, a Mexican national in the US Army who received the Medal of Honor in World War II. A month later a restaurant owner in Texas denied him service, beat him with a bat, and eventually filed charges against Marcario.
xme7 TIL taking magic mushrooms, just once ,can permanently change a person’s personality, even as an adult.
V5P4 TIL The National Weather Service’s chief meteorologist suspected Hurricane Sandy would be a devastating storm 6 days before it struck the east coast, and included his personal phone number in the warning for anyone to call and complain if he was wrong. It was the 2nd costliest storm in US history.
AgQo TIL that the US has over $16 trillion in debt, yet China only holds $1.1 trillion of that debt.