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TIL per capita, the UK produces more scientific research than both the US and China

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JLr4 TIL Every year the British Medical Journal publishes an issue full of joke science, like one paper that said men die before women because they are stupid. But years later these articles are cited by scientists as real, and this is causing a lot of problems.
nAYb TIL that The Replacements (who were replacing The Pointer Sisters at the last minute as the SNL musical guest) smuggled booze and drugs backstage, got drunk with Harry Dean Stanton, broke a guitar on their way to perform, swore on-air, and were banned from returning to the show.
VBG9m TIL about Dyers Burgers, who have been using the same grease to cook for over 100 years
xVp60 TIL Chiang Kai Shek's son was a Nazi lieutenant in the Wehrmacht.
d8PEd TIL In 2015, a theater was filled with children to see the Pixar movie, Inside Out. However, the cinema accidentally played horror film Insidious 3. They got mixed up due to names being shortened to INSIDE and INSID3.