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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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9Yyxp TIL Billy Joel's signature song, "Piano Man" is based on Joel's real-life experiences as a lounge musician. John-the-bartender, Paul-the-real-estate-novelist, and the waitress are all real people.
ADyO4 TIL that Purple Heart medals given since WW2 have come from the supply manufactured for the planned invasion of Japan during WW2.
4mJR TIL hundreds of unwed couples are arrested per year in Florida for living together while unmarried.
DwbP TIL that U.S. public libraries were some of the first institutions to be racially integrated because whites generally didn’t want to put up much of a fight about them. Some were even ashamed at the time to learn that libraries were segregated.
awaDb TIL there are more than 2,000 variants of the game Chess including: Chad, Rollerball, Atomic, Beirut, Jedi Knight, Hexagonal, Schroedinger's, Kung-fu, Apocalypse, Crazyhouse, Einstein, Crazyhouse, Weird, Martian, Sniper, Synchronous, Knightmare, Hostage, Spartan, Extinction, Infinite & Kamikaze.