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TIL Superstition was originally intended to be released by British guitarist Jeff Beck first, but Berry Gordy convinced Stevie Wonder to bring it out as he knew it would be a huge hit

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R50Aj TIL in 1962 researchers from the University of Oklahoma injected 297 mg of LSD, which is nearly three thousand times the human recreational dose, into "Tusko", an Indian elephant at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Within five minutes he collapsed and died one hour and forty minutes later.
xmG5 TIL all common citrus fruits were created by hybridizing just three species: the mandarin orange, the pummelo and the citron
GAlx1 TIL the notion that lactic acid is the reason we experience muscle soreness after a workout has been debunked in the 1980s. Research suggests the soreness is a result of a cascade of physiological effects in response to microscopic trauma sustained during intense exercise.
W1go TIL that only 1/3 of the people in America really supported the American Revolution in 1776
1RW7 TIL Orson Scott Card wrote in 2008 that “marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down.”