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TIL 2% of scientists admitted to falsifying, fabricating, or modifying data at least once

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EexV Today I learned that by smiling, (fake or not) you actually speed up your recovery from stressful situations.
ADe5d TIL that legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick thought the 1988 film The Vanishing (or Spoorloos in its original Dutch titling) was the most terrifying film he had seen – even more frightening than his own The Shining. After seeing it, he called the film's director to discuss editing techniques.
kJAke TIL Krystyna Skarbek, sometimes referred to as "Greatest female spy of WWII" was the first female agent of the British to serve in the field and the longest-serving of all Britain's wartime women agents. Abandoned by the British after WW2 she had to fight for recognition and British citizenship.
69All TIL, Aleksandr Komin kept 6 people as prisoners in a 30-feet deep bunker under his garage forcing them to work 16 hours a day. When two women tried to escape, they were caught and Aleksandr tattooed "РАБ"(Russian for "slave") on their faces.
j7lQ TIL of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered radio pulsars. Her thesis supervisor took credit and was awarded a Nobel Prize.