What drug had a direct influence on the choice of the title of one of the Beatles' songs? Detailed answer

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What drug had a direct influence on the choice of the title of one of the Beatles' songs?

When The Beatles recorded the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", John Lennon attributed the origin of the song's title to the way his son Julian dubbed his drawing. However, many saw in this name a hint of the drug LSD, because it was precisely such an abbreviation that was formed from its first letters, and the BBC completely banned the song from rotation. Paul McCartney later revealed that the influence of LSD on the song is pretty obvious.

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For many centuries, the dog has been a friend of man, longer than any other pet. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, when huge furry mammoths still roamed the earth and people lived in caves, dogs made friends with humans for the first time.

Despite the fact that the dog has been a pet since time immemorial, some of its habits can only be explained by returning to the distant past, when the dog was not yet domesticated by man. It is rather strange that scientists cannot clearly trace the origin of the dog, unlike, for example, the horse.

Some believe that dogs appeared as a result of crossing wolves and jackals. Others believe that some dogs are descended from wolves, others from jackals, still others from coyotes, and still others from foxes. The most plausible theory is that the modern dog and wolf are descended from the same very distant common ancestor.

Often, many animals retain habits that are completely useless in our time, but vital for them in antiquity. These habits, in other words instincts, do not die off even after hundreds of thousands of years. So, if we remember that dogs are descended from wild animals, then some of their habits become quite understandable.

The dog to this day buries a bone in reserve, because its wild ancestors did not have the opportunity to regularly receive food from humans and were forced to store food for future use. Before settling down for the night, the dog turns around its axis three times. Probably her ancestors in the jungle in this way arranged a nest in the leaves or in the grass. When the dog barks, it is most likely a reminder of the time when dogs huddled in packs, like wolves.

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