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TIL there is an incredibly detailed replica of San Francisco made entirely of Jello

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xP7w TIL Stephen Hawking had to purchase a one-year subscription to Penthouse for Kip Thorne after losing a bet pertaining to the existence of black holes.
ANDn7 TIL that ancient civilizations developed iron tools well before the Iron Age by finding meteorites made of iron and nickel that didn’t require smelting
R7NL1 TIL that Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, was a paranoid schizophrenic. His wife had him committed to a psychiatric hospital and it was after this time that he wrote out against all psychology and psychiatric practices. This is why the Church of Scientology is adamantly against them
NX8bb TIL that researchers Limb, Limb, Limb, and Limb, in a study of doctors, figured out that doctors tend to choose a specialization that fit their surnames, alias nominative determinism (ie. Dr. Gore the surgeon)
QJnM9 TIL that in several experiments giving mirrors to rhesus monkeys, they looked into the mirrors and groomed themselves, as well as flexed various muscle groups. This behaviour indicates that they recognised and were aware of themselves.