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TIL the CIA tested LSD on citizens in the USA and Canada unbeknownst to them. Is this common knowledge now? (I am Australian, and would love to know more)

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WkrAX TIL in 2012 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that forcing a RuneScape player to relinquish his in-game items constituted property theft, and sentenced the perpetrators as thieves.
WOmX TIL that before she became the first animal sent into orbit Laika (a stray dog from the streets of Moscow) was taken home by a Russian scientist to play with his children. He said, “I wanted to do something nice for her; she had so little time left to live”.
4kVkX TIL sildenafil (viagra) isn't used just for erections, but is also used to treat a serious condition Pulmonary Hypertension - high blood pressure in the lungs
D1wOr TIL about David Bowie’s 1983 interview with Mark Goodman where he calls out the lack of black artists featured on MTV
xL9w TIL cocaine increases that chance of having a heart attack within the hour by 2,400%