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TIL of Dr. Jolly West, who pioneered research into the use and abuse of LSD.

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ggYX TIL in a world first, Dubai has successfully relocated a coral reef in an attempt to save it from infrastructure development. The project cost more than $9.8m and has been deemed a success since the coral reef grew 20% in size
R7Bj4 TIL that in The Big Lebowski, The Dude’s iconic jelly slippers were Jeff Bridges’ own shoes, along with several other items that The Dude is seen wearing. He still has the jelly shoes to this day.
6LRJ TIL Nicolas Cage has already bought his grave. It’s a 9-foot pyramid in New Orleans.
9YZjX TIL one of the only ways for Americans to reset their credit score is to move to another country.
lo6G5 TIL that New York City has more people than 40 of the 50 U.S. states, has the largest Chinese population of any city outside of Asia, and that half of New Yorkers speak a language other than English at home (and over 200 languages are spoken).