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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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Y79gd TIL that the famous two-part, two-season episode of the Simpsons called Who Shot Mr. Burns is a parody of an episode of the soap opera Dallas called Who Shot J.R., which was also a two-part, two-season cliffhanger.
bPXN TIL I learned the concept of the weekend is, in most part, owed to Henry Ford. Christian laborers would always request Sunday for a day off and the large Jewish immigrant population always requested Saturdays off as the traditional day of rest.
oRebR TIL in Mexico, they do not say, "Heads or Tails" for coins' Obverse or Reverse.
x6Jg7 TIL the Minecraft Creeper was made by accident, it was supposed to be a pig "but Notch mixed the height and the width values".
R7mR8 TIL the 30s gangster movie that Macaulay Culkin used for his sound effects in Home Alone was actually a fake movie designed specifically for Home Alone.