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TIL about "Stoned Ape Theory" that hypothesizes that psilocybin played an important role in human evolution

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lolR5 TIL An astronaut working on the International Space Station needed a tool he didn’t have, so NASA designed a wrench with computer software and emailed the file to him. He then used a 3D printer to create the first object ever designed on earth and made in space.
j6NOv TIL that in 1614, the first ever purchase of Japanese erotic art by a western trader took place. Upon discovery of the pieces, the man's commanding officer promptly threw them into the fire in disgust.
lLoA TIL that Henry Heimlich, the man who created the Heimlich Maneuver, is still alive
JBbk TIL Jackie Chan broke twelve concrete blocks with his hand, while keeping the egg he was holding intact.
BrAxL TIL that during the Western Schism of the Catholic Church, there was a cardinal appointed by Antipope Benedict XIII who split with the others and, acting as the entire college of cardinals, elected someone Pope all by himself; when that guy died, he elected himself Pope all by himself.