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TIL The Reproducibility Project: Psychology redid 100 studies in psychological science from three high-ranking psychology journals, found that only 36% replicated successfully with effect sizes averaging half the original, 25% directly contradicted the original and 49% were inconclusive.

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DQQMP TIL that Keye Luke (Number One Son, Blind Master Po from Kung Fu, and the old shopkeeper from Gremlins) was a successful artist before he was an actor. He painted murals for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, illustrated books and sheet music, and designed movie posters, including one for King Kong.
awv60 TIL that in 1948 a man became fatally stuck underneath his tractor, and used his pocketknife to scratch the words "In case I die in this mess, I leave all to the wife. Cecil Geo Harris" into the fender. His scratching constituted a valid will.
6EQAZ TIL that the poodle is historically a hunting dog, and that its iconic pom-pom haircut is intended to help the dog stay buoyant while retrieving waterfowl.
QJykp TIL Deer Trail, Colorado tried to pass an ordinance where people can buy drone hunting license that will allow a person to shoot down a drone that is flying over their property.
wLwr8 TIL in an effort to convince senators in 1990 to vote in favor of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 100 disabled people shed their crutches and assistance devices and crawled up the capitol stairs in an effort of direct action to demonstrate the need for disability accessibility.