› added 10 years ago

361

TIL That scientists used a complex algorithm to gauge the level of bias in a media outlet by what quotes each outlet selected from a similar speech. It found that almost all forms of American media had statistically significant media bias.

Read more sciencenews.org

via reddit.com

7ZyM TIL Winston Churchill’s famous witticisms were planned weeks in advance by studying the issues and imaging all possible social interactions. He did this to combat a speech impediment.
WrAL TIL that Polish exiles were not only the best-performing RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain, but also very successful with women; “they always have a girl on each arm. They say the girls cannot resist the Poles, nor the Poles the girls”.
j6PyX TIL Eating overcooked/burnt food doesn't have an established/quantitative link to increased cancer risk, contrary to what many of us have heard, since childhood. On the contrary, processed foods like bacon or salami increase the risk, regardless of how they're cooked
Wk044 TIL That Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted, and only revived cuz a mom worked from home a lot so had a backup.
lvXr TIL The first Memorial Day was a funeral held by freed slaves for Union soldiers who liberated them after the American Civil War in 1865