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TIL that NASA has begun work on a 3-D printer for the space station can can replicate food. It would be in essence, the replicator from Star Trek.

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oBvNR TIL that Cormac McCarthy writes all of his books on a 1963 Lettera typewriter. In 2009, he sold his typewriter sold at auction for $254,500. He spent $20 to buy an identical replacement.
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