› added 9 years ago

305

TIL over 60% of the top psychological studies could not be reproduced.

Read more nature.com

via reddit.com

QJ6xk TIL the lowest paid job in the United Kingdom is pursuivant to the King of Arms. The wage is £13.95 per year. The position hasn't seen a wage rise since the 1500s. Their job is to advise the monarchy on matters of ceremony.
Me6EK TIL Chris Wedge (the voice of Ice Ages Scrat) made an animated short film while in Ohio State University in 1985.
VM7KQ TIL that Image-Line, the developers of Fruity Loops, made a game called "Porntris" in 1992, which was an erotic version of Tetris.
kO5Kg TIL the world's population is expected to hit 9.7 billion in 2050, meaning an increase of 2 billion people in the next 30 years.
D1ALj TIL that the hottest thing in the known universe is actually on Earth: the Large Hadron Collider can reach temperatures of 4 trillion Kelvin.