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TIL that Richard Stanley the film director once escaped from war torn Afghanistan with his wounded cameraman after he took the LSD he had with him.. He said the LSD saved his life as he could see in the dark and believed he could smell the land mines....

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yBap TIL the Polish Beer-Lovers’ Party (PPPP) won 16 seats in the Sejm with 2.97% of the vote in the first free parliamentary elections in 1991, before disintegrating into Large Beer and Small Beer factions despite party president Rewiński’s claims that “beer is neither light nor dark, it is tasty.”
e0dmn TIL that while aerospikes could offer the greatest rocket engine performance, no company has yet to produce a commercial engine (despite many trying) because they are so complicated.
b9bY4 TIL about reminders by association
jwLR TIL there’s a series of large concrete arrows pointing the way across the US, once used to guide airmail planes
bgVZ TIL dogs kick after they pee and poo to mark their territory further, not necessarily to cover it up. The glands in their paws help to mark and spread their scent in the dirt and grass surrounding the area.