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TIL LSD (Acid) was legal for decades, was given to undergraduate psychiatry students as part of their education, and it has the highest success rate in recorded history for treating alcoholism.

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6EkkZ TIL The two most common recorders that beginners learn to play are soprano and alto. The majority of Baroque sonata literature for the "flute" was actually composed for the alto recorder
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