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TIL Blind people experience visual hallucinations when they take LSD.

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4nk6 TIL American Airlines declared bankruptcy in 2011, holding $4 Billion in cash.
O7V1 TIL social conventions in the 1800s dictated that boys between ages 0 to 7 wore dresses, grew out their hair, and dressed in pink. They were not allowed to have their first haircut until 6 or 7 years old, and wore dresses until then too. There is even a picture of FDR presented as such.
7PDP TIL the German government refuses to recognize Scientology as a religion. The organization has officially been labelled an ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.
OGBOg TIL When a man in New York needed a heart transplant from a donor in Oklahoma, the hospital reached out to the US Air Force to help with transportation. The donor heart was transported across the country in two hours on an F-111 fighter jet. The operation was a complete success.
xVO9g TIL Yuuzhan Vong War episodes are not slated for any Star Wars movies. When Disney acquired Star Wars, Lucasfilm announced the all the stories of the Expanded Universe had been jettisoned.