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TIL that Clash of Clans (the popular mobile game) turns 8 years old today!

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kO54 TIL the CIA tested LSD on citizens in the USA and Canada unbeknownst to them. Is this common knowledge now? (I am Australian, and would love to know more)
EL9d TIL that theoretical physicist Max Planck was told not to get into the field by his physics professor because “in this field, almost everything is already discovered.” He did so anyway and originated Quantum Theory which revolutionized the field.
kJBQe TIL while on the California Supreme Court, Stephen Johnson Field had a special coat made with pockets large enough to hold two pistols so that he could fire the weapons inside the pockets
PyBL TIL that Sony Pictures went so trigger-happy with their illegitimate “copyright infringement” take-downs over the flop ‘Pixels’ that even the official trailer was taken down.
4knkw TIL that horseshoe crabs have blue blood that detects pathogens, and they're being hunted for it to extinction!