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TIL: scientists think psychedelics are as dangerous as riding a bike or playing soccer.

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neZV7 TIL the oldest free public library in the English speaking world is Chetham's Library in Manchester, England. It holds more than 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851.
78J8r TIL King Henry VIII of England hired four men who regularly checked his faeces, monitored his bowel movements and wiped his bottom. They were appropriately called ‘Grooms of the King’s Stool’ and all of them were eventually knighted.
pD1p TIL in 1982 the University of Pittsburgh rugby team was caught using human heads stolen from the schools anatomy lab to warm up before a game.
BrBvd TIL of Noah Wall, the boy who grew a new brain. During a pregnancy scan, doctors found out that Noah had only 2% of his brain intact. Despite this, amazingly, at 2 years old his 2% brain had grown into 80%. Noah’s development over the years has been like that of a normal child.
E1WmX TIL - The world's most dangerous race takes place on the 'ISLE OF MAN' (260 deaths)