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TIL Sony released a kit that allows PS2s to be used as a personal computer.

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woYv1 TIL that throughout their lifetimes Americans with college degrees earn around 4x more than people with some college experience, 5x more than people with a high school diploma, and 11x more than people with no high school diploma
VBEPG TIL that the author of the medieval poem, "Gawain and the Green Knight," alongside other poems, is unknown to history. Despite his poems being some of the most famous from the medieval period, his identity is lost.
8aEyZ TIL of 1920s ‘Little Albert experiment.’ Johns Hopkins University chose a nine-month old infant from a hospital and attempted to ‘condition a phobia in an emotionally stable child.’ They successfully made him fear Santa, rabbits, and other furry animals.
kOR41 TIL: A study conducted in Finland found that BMW and Audi drivers are the most likely to ignore traffic regulations and drive recklessly. They are also more likely to be self centered, unempathetic, and view themselves as superior. Interestingly, the connection mostly applies to men.
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