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TIL the Stoned Ape Theory of human evolution hypothesizes that psychedelics transformed Homo erectus to Homo sapiens

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A80n TIL that in Japan, fake food (called sampuru from the English “sample”) is a multi-billion yen industry. The replicas, which are made of plastic and typically cost 10 or 20 times the amount of the food they imitate, are mostly handmade by trained artists in an almost century-old tradition.
8anG4 According to a report released by Hong Kong-based marine conservation group OceansAsia, approximately 1.56 billion face masks entered oceans in 2020.
8KeG TIL The JSON Software License is non-free because it has a clause mandating: “The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil”
ADNPd TIL North Korea has a Central Bureau of Statistics. Very little is known about the bureau or its staff, and even its ability to compose accurate statistics is in dispute. Their accuracy has been disputed by various United Nations organizations and foreign observers
rD8W TIL: Floyd Mayweather is virtually illiterate.