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TIL that some monkeys and chimpanzees have officially entered the stone age

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7r4dO TIL that a 2x2 brick of Legos can withstand an excess of 950 pounds.
X0EAP TIL the first person to discover the effects of LSD took it by accident, and took it a second time to confirm the cause of the hallucinations
Z8eNo TIL that in 2014, filmmaker Steven Soderberg released a unique cut of "Psycho" that incorporates footage from Hitchcock's original film and the 1998 remake by Gus Van Sant (with all color removed) to create one film. This version is called "Psychos"
gM7E7 TIL: During the 14th century ships arriving in Venice from infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days. This practice is where we get the word "quarantine" from the Italian "quaranta" meaning "forty"
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