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TIL there are only 2 Nascar drivers to graduate from college

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b7E9 TIL that L. Ron Hubbard awarded himself his own Ph.D as he himself owned the ‘university’ from which he 'graduated’
R5nZ6 TIL about the Barnum Effect, a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet are general enough to apply to a wide range of people, such as astrology and personality tests.
KOAyG TIL about Emperor Pedro II of Brazil who was an avid supporter of science education and a respected intellectual in his own right. Charles Darwin himself said that “The Emperor does so much for science, that every scientific man is bound to show him the utmost respect.”
6AXl TIL that a Mythbusters experiment once resulted in a cannibalized mouse
84o4 TIL in 1973 the artist Salvador Dali did a painting depicting Adolf Hitler masturbating on a snowy hillside