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Short answer: At least one in 50 scientists is doing something fishy

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e19k TIL the word Shampoo is derived from the Hindi word ‘chāmpo’ which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit root 'chapayati’ meaning: “to press, knead and soothe”
epMPn TIL that the number of 100,000 km for the length of human blood vessels used some VERY generous assumptions, and that it is actually around 9,000 to 19,000 km.
gMGYW TIL Oyster mushrooms are carnivorous and feed on roundworms by secreting a toxin that paralizes and dissolves them so they can be digested by the mushroom
GZ4N TIL Angelina Jolie sold the first pictures of her biological children for a total of 23.7 million dollars. She donated it all to charity.
PY8vg TIL Charles Schulz always disliked the title of Peanuts, which was given to his comic strip by the syndicate. In a 1987 interview, Schulz said of it: "It's totally ridiculous, has no meaning, is simply confusing, and has no dignity—and I think my humor has dignity."