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TIL the CIA ran a LSD sex-house in San Francisco

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l7LQN TIL that in 1977, Jimmy Carter penned a three-paragraph letter to accompany the Voyager spacecraft. Today, that letter is travelling beyond our Solar System at speeds of eleven miles a second. It is the first letter in history to reach extrasolar space.
rKLe TIL Bearing a male child can alter a woman’s brain by leaving male DNA that can persist for the rest of her life making her less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, promote tissue repair, and improve her immune system, but it may also cause adverse effects.
gNm4 TIL Abe Lincoln patented a mechanism to lift boats over shoals and obstructions, making him the only US president to hold a patent.
8aMLG TIL Our solar system is closer to the center of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy than it is to the center of the Milky Way.
ne0Lb TIL about culture-bound syndromes, psychiatric/medical disorders that are only found in specific cultures/groups.