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TIL raccoon semen is a natural hallucinogen (containing DMT and mescaline)

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AD4Aa TIL in 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults. It wasn't till 2003 the Supreme Court reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states.
mL5R TIL that on average the happiest Americans are rich people living in rich neighborhoods in poor counties.
Oo7De TIL about the History of Central Asia
BrDvK TIL that hippo sweat contains a chemical that has an SPF factor to prevent them from getting sunburned.
9w5G6 TIL A Nashville music promoter tried to open a for-profit museum about the JFK assassination at the Dallas Texas School Book Depository building in the 1970s. Floors of the building stayed empty until the Sixth Floor Museum opened in 1989 in response to the many visitors who visit Dealey Plaza