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TIL that an Englishman took 40,000 ecstasy pills in nine years.

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OokR1 TIL that Voltaire's play "La Dépositaire" is based on a true story of Ninon de L'Enclos safeguarding a fortune during the French revolution. From Chapter VII of Life Letters and Epicurian Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos 1903. L'Enclos left 1000 francs for the education of Voltaire in her will!
leeV TIL that there is a theory that humans were not fully conscious until 3000 years ago, and that instead people heard their consciousnesses as a separate voice that commanded them, and this may have been the source of the beliefs of many ancient gods.
j6ZJR TIL Wolfgang Mozart had a sister, Maria Anna, who was also an extremely talented child prodigy in music. Sadly, she was prevented from performing as an adult. Many of her compositions have been lost, including one Wolfgang wrote that he was in ‘awe’ of, contributing to her obscurity.