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TIL about psychedelic cryptography - messages that only people under the influence of psychedelics can understand.

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69Y0W TIL in 2008, Chile printed tons of 50 peso coins that misspelled the name of their country as "Chiie". No one noticed until 2009, and the person responsible was fired.
YpeZr TIL that Electric Avenue was a serious song about broken dreams, inequality, and the 1981 riots in Brixton, UK; and not just a catchy tune from my youth.
N7Qw1 TIL about Alkaline hydrolysis (water cremation) where a body is heated in a mix of water and potassium hydroxide down to its chemical components, which are then disposed of through the sewer, or as a fertilizer. This method takes 1/4 of the energy of heat cremation with less resulting pollutants.
jl1E TIL we got the terms “bear market” and “bull market” from the ways the animals attack. Bears strike downward, while bulls launch themselves upward into the air.
LkWLv TIL- 106-year-old Manoel de Oliveira was the oldest active film director until 2015. He began making movies during the silent era.