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

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kOGdm TIL about folk-rock singer Sandy Denny, who provided backup vocals on The Battle of Evermore and is the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin recording.
nVkG TIL Christopher Lee, when acting the scene in which Saruman is stabbed from behind in The Return of the King, informed Peter Jackson that because he would be stabbed in the lungs, he would not be able to scream. He knew this from his time in the SAS during WWII
0wPAR TIL Each year, approximately 60,000 Spanish Galgos (hunting dogs) are abandoned or tortured to death in Spain. By tradition, the dogs are often killed by hanging them by their necks with their feet just touching the ground. The more they suffer the more successful the following hunting season willbe
ADnpo TIL that in 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over a month, the structure was moved 15 inch/hr, all while 600 employees still worked there. There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided. No one inside felt it move.
4kORa TIL Sweden is a monarchy with a current living king