LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus.

David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon.

In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another.

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