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TIL The NIDA deliberately mislead the public for years about the dangers of mdma by promoting retracted studies that used lethal doses of methamphetamine instead.

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WkYB9 TIL That modern north american earth worms are not native and were brought over by english colonist.
PYEKG TIL that Belgium has a Time Credit System that entitles employees to take a one year secured absence to prevent burn-out and provide an opportunity to pursue other things in life.
VBjk TIL A man who refuses to wear clothes has been in Scottish prison for 6 years in total.
Wkow4 TIL that "Louis Le Prince" was actually the first person to invent a motion picture camera, 3 years before Thomas Edison, but was not able to publicly showcase the device as when he was going to retrieve it, he entered a train and was never seen again.
dDRVK TIL about Dr. Richard Jarecki a medical professor who figured out how to beat roulette and won a fortune in the 60's.