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TIL the founder of AA accredits LSD with helping with his depression and believed it would assist people in overcoming their alcoholism. He also spoke at length with the author of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, about LSD.

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5Yjrn TIL that the observable universe is about 93 billion light years, despite the fact that the universe is only 13.8 billion years old. This is because the speed of light only applies to objects moving through space, not the expansion of space itself.
Eg5lP TIL Billionaire Chuck Feeney donated over $8 Billion to different causes supporting health science and improving the human condition. He spent his last days in a rented apartment in San Francisco with remaining assets of $2 Million.
9wrQG TIL 50 years after the last Apollo mission in 1972, only 4 of the 12 moonwalkers are still alive: Charlie Duke, Buzz Aldrin, Dave Scott and Harrison Schmitt. After leaving NASA, Duke chose the creationist belief that everything in the universe was created by a God
E17Mo TIL of Kenichi Ito, a japanese athlete who holds the Guinness World Record for running 100 meters on all four limbs, setting a best time of 15.71 seconds.
Oo5ea TIL plant sexuality was denounced by Christianity until the 19th century because the Bible says that plants were created on the 3rd day but "male and female" wasn't mentioned until animals and humans were created on the 6th day. "Deflowered" comes from thinking flowers were sexless things of beauty.