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TIL one large dose of CBD has been found to greatly reduce the pleasantness of smoking cigarettes

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nWerW TIL that New York Times has occasionally experienced gaps in publication due to multiple strikes in its history. One such strike occurred in 1978. Various papers formed to fill the gap including the satirical Not The New York Times.
9Ye0B TIL the Gaelic Manx language (related to Scottish and Irish) went extinct when its last native speaker died in 1974.
dQ1Q TIL the record for the longest throw of an object without any velocity-aiding feature was a non-returning boomerang thrown 427.2 m (1,401.5 ft)
0YjR TIL the Appalachian trail is being extended into Scotland, due to the shared cultural and geological heritage.
GAGp1 TIL that the fear of long words is names hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.