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TIL a 2016 study found mushrooms to be the safest recreational drug. Of the more than 12,000 people in the study who reported taking mushrooms, only 0.2% needed emergency medical treatment.

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9wDyB TIL there are 7,000 feral black and white cats on the Antarctic Kerguelen Islands. 1/3 specialize in hunting seabirds, reaching 5kg/11lbs in body mass with strengthened skulls and jaws. They shelter in small rocky caves littered with the skeletons of their prey
7rd5P TIL the US Colony of the Philippines volunteered 25,000 men to fight in WWI. However, Washington virtually prevented their deployment, with the US Governor-General suspecting that Washington feared that Filipinos fighting well in the War would justify their claims of being capable of independence.
LLZ TIL that when Rudolph Diesel produced his engine in 1896, he assumed that it would run off of vegetable and seed oils - especially hemp.
DjDr TIL a man was given an old blanket by his grandmother. He kept it on the back of a chair for years only to find out it is a First Phase Navajo Chief blanket worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
kjVW TIL During WWII, India produced the largest volunteer Army in world history, over 2.5 million men. Winston Churchill called their bravery “Unsurpassed”, with at least 38 Indians awarded the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.