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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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EgnrV TIL a group of folks in New Guinea used to not want worms consuming the remains of their deceased loved ones and so decided to eat the bodies themselves. They removed the brain, mixed it with ferns, and cooked it in bamboo tubes. They ate everything at the funerals except the gall bladders
Ljmd TIL flamethrowers are totally legal in 48 states, except for Maryland where it’s against fire code and California where you just need a license
5Y9g9 TIL that "Every Breath You Take" alone accounts for up to a third of Sting's annual music royalty payments.
LQyJm TIL that US deaths accounted for only 1.7% of the total killed in the Vietnam War.
6E5KX TIL 'White Boy Rick', sentenced as a minor to life in prison for possessing 8 kilos of cocaine after exposing crooked cops as the FBI's youngest informant was recently denied early release in Florida for no reason.