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Nov 2021
15m 24s

Psychedelic Therapy History, Cold Shower...

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Learn about psychedelics research in the 1950s; cold shower benefits; and an inaccurate stereotype about the only child.

Thousands of patients were treated with psychedelics in the 1950s by Cameron Duke

Are cold showers actually worth it? by Cameron Duke

Only children aren't more selfish than kids with siblings by Steffie Drucker

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