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

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9eV7 TIL The Half Way to Hell Club was an exclusive club organized by the men who fell from the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in 1936 and 1937 and were saved by the safety nets.
NQ81 TIL Ray Bradbury originally titled Fahrenheit 451 as “The Fireman”, but he & editors found the name boring so they called a local fire station and asked what temperature book paper burnt at. The firemen put Bradbury on hold, burnt a book, and reported that the temp it burnt at was “Fahrenheit 451”
rNA54 TIL that the United States Army, after the end of the American Revolution, was originally renamed the Legion of the United States.
mx11M TIL that one the reasons that cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Felix The Cat, wear white gloves is because they're based off of black faced minstrel shows that were popular in the 1920's and 30's.
6EXW8 TIL that an over reliance on GPS technology can lead to an atrophy of the hippocampus because that part of the brain is no longer being used.