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TIL someone developed a method to secretly communicate with people on LSD

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RVd4 TIL a doctor in Canada avoided multiple rape accusations for years by surgically inserting another man’s blood into his arm.
8Qn4 TIL there is a Merrica river… in Australia
Ax47 TIL autism is not actually on the rise. Studies have shown that the apparent increase in autism cases stems from changes in how physicians define “autism”.
R7gQQ TIL that the International Space Station ran on a 20MHz Intel 80386SX CPU from 1988 & was upgraded in August with a commercial off-the-shelf computer. The station orbits Earth & sees a sunrise once every 92 minutes. Soon after the upgrade, it will have a computer that can keep up.
8em9X TIL that the Worshipful Company of Horners - an ancient London guild from 1284 or earlier - made horn goods. As horn work declined, they merged with leather bottle-makers in 1476. In 1943, the company decided to support the plastics industry.