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TIL That psilocybin mushrooms were introduced to the western world by the tv show One Step Beyond, and the host was filmed after taking some.

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DAOD TIL Andy Warhol owned over forty wigs and when a girl snatched off his iconic hair at a book-signing, he noted in his diary, ‘I don’t know what held me back from pushing her over the balcony.’
OoK9g TIL about how the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication. Advent of the tamper proof seal we see and know today. The murders still remain unsolved to this day
GAZWE TIL a book club in California spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, beginning in 1995 and finishing in October 2023. At first the club read two pages per month, however it eventually slowed to just one page per month. In November, the group started the book again.
Brmd TIL Hummingbirds are continuously hours away from starving to death, and are able to store just enough energy to survive overnight.
Gbyg TIL that pleasant earthy smell after rain is called Petrichor and occurs due to the soil absorbing and then releasing oils from certain plants.