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TIL Ozzy Osbourne gave up taking acid during the recording of Black Sabbath's Volume 4. He said “I took 10 tabs of acid then went for a walk in a field. I ended up standing there talking to this horse for about an hour. In the end the horse turned round and told me to fuck off. That was it for me.”
nme.comSubmitted by hanky1979 t3_zu5zsz
TIL Stan Lee made the X-Men mutants because he didn't want to come up with a reason for their super powers, instead they were just born with them. Additionally the 1963 comic was initially a flop until the 1975 reboot by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by jamescookenotthatone t3_zsk6me
TIL that DMVs in the US are allowed to sell some of your personal information and do. This practice is legal under federal law. For example, Florida’s DMV made $77 million and California’s DMV made $52 million in 2017 through this practice alone.
caranddriver.comSubmitted by TheKeyboardKid t3_zsu5se
TIL During the 1966 World Cup final between England and West Germany, England were ahead in extra time, and striker Geoff Hurst tried to hit the ball as far into the stands as possible to waste time. Instead, he mishit the ball and sent it into the top corner of the German goal. England won 4-2.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by haddock420 t3_zs6e02
TIL the U.S. Department of Defense spent $41.6 million on Viagra and $84.24 million total on drugs for erectile dysfunction in 2014. Less than 10% of prescriptions were for troops, the rest went to retirees or family members covered by military health plans.
cbsnews.comSubmitted by DioriteLover t3_zt2s24
Submitted by PseudoPatriotsNotPog t3_zoy4r6