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TIL researchers repeated 100 studies published in three top psychology journals, and got the same results only 36 times

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Y7yxA TIL that 6174 is called the Kaprekar Constant after Indian Mathematician D.R. Kaprekar. No matter which four digit number you start with (as long as it is not identical), you will always end up at 6174 in a maximum of seven iterations.
D1bog TIL that people will find an explanation more believable if you sprinkle it with irrelevant neuroscience jargon.
8rRP TIL that The Joy of Painting host Bob Ross developed his quick-painting technique in order to sell paintings inside of old Alaskan gold panning tins on his lunch break. - “I used to go home at lunch and do a couple while I had my sandwich. I’d take them back that afternoon and sell them.”
rGVd TIL that 1835 was the last year that America was debt free.
VEJk TIL the creator of WinRar, Ron Dwight, passed away in 2002.