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TIL that Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition

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0wAjp TIL I learned that blind people can experience visual hallucinations when they take psychedelics like LSD.
dgOB TIL that 92% of fetuses with trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) are terminated in Europe.
AlRn TIL that, unlike the depiction in Gravity, running out of oxygen in a spacesuit is a “cheerful” experience where the diminished 02 means “Everything seems funny. And as you’re laughing about it, you slowly nod off.”