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TIL that Dock Ellis threw a no hitter while on LSD

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LQyZm TIL that a flight delay, weather, and foot perspiration prevented Richard Reid (the infamous Shoe Bomber) from successfully detonating his high-tops in flight.
nWW9o TIL of Makibefo, a 1999 film adaptation of Macbeth directed by British director Alexander Abela, was filmed in Madagascar with just 1 technical assistant, had a cast consisted of all Antandroy people, an indigenous people of Madagascar, most of whom had never seen a movie and improvised everything.
oBPwY TIL There is a mental delusion called "The Truman Show delusion" where patients believed their lives were reality television shows. One traveled to NewYork to check whether the World Trade Center had actually fallen—believing 9/11 attacks to be an elaborate plot twist in his personal story line.
J7nm TIL A tortoise, Adwaita, lived to 255. To put it into perspective, he was born before the USA existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006)
b60PE TIL half a byte is called a Nibble