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TIL of the Rosenthal Effect: Telling a teacher a student is smart changes how the teacher interacts with the student - and in one study, raised childrens’ IQ by 25 points in tests 9 months apart

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xVxg7 TIL that the majority of MF Doom and Madlib's Madvillainy was recorded in an old bomb shelter in Mount Washington, Los Angeles.
Qdd TIL the coroner’s report revealed Whitney Houston wore full dentures, probably as a direct result of her drug use.
PY5An TIL the MOS Transistor, which is responsible for launching technology into the digital age, is the most manufactured product in history clocking in at 13 sextillion (13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) produced since its invention in 1960
5Y8y9 TIL the first manned balloon flight in the United States would have failed if the pilot and the passenger had not removed all extra weight from the craft including their clothes and the contents of their bladders.
B4jb TIL Russians don’t smile as often because for them a smile is the sign of personal sympathy, but not politeness