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TIL there was a psychopharmacologist Alexander Shulgin that had a schedule I license from the government to create and personally test over 230 psychoactive drugs

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e0nAn TIL While shooting The Princess Bride, Andre the Giant racked up US$40,000 at the bar Hyatt in London, where he was staying. According to some estimates his average daily consumption of alcohol was a case of beer, three bottles of wine, and a couple of bottles of brandy.
yrKM TIL No violent crimes were reported in New York City on November 28, 2012, possibly for the first time ever. Not a single person was murdered, shot, slashed, or stabbed until 11:20 am the next day. Officials couldn’t remember it ever happening before.
nenVG TIL that an orphanage in mid-1700s London was able to successfully reunite parents with their children by logging keepsakes, and scraps of material kept by the mother
VBonp TIL That when pet rats are happy, they will boggle, which is when their eyes pop out of their head while their teeth chatters
Lmp9 TIL that villagers in the India village of Marottichal began playing chess as an alternative to drinking after a ban on alcohol.The village is now known as ‘Chess Village’ due to its near 100% chess literacy.