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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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vVR TIL that the difference between a “fast” metabolism or a “slow” one is about 200 calories a day (e.g. one poptart)
VBQVp TIL about a man who committed suicide then had his heart donated to another man who also committed suicide after marrying the first man's widow.
Y74yr TIL that the highest earning Blu-Ray in US history is The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy, earning $321,910,973 since release
LQjyv Today I learned that Pronghorn aka the "American Antelope" is not an Antelope at all, but it's own species that is more closely related to the giraffe and the okapi than anything else!
MeyXA TIL women and non-whites had the right to vote in New Jersey between 1776 and 1807 as the state constitution made no specifications of race or gender requirements, simply stating that "all inhabitants" with at least £50 could vote.