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TIL Although it is lauded as an excellent psychological tool by Government Agencies, Businesses, and even some schools, the Myers-Briggs Personality Test has been deemed useless by modern psychological experts.

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MwPa TIL that no special effects were used to achieve zero gravity in the movie “Apollo 13”. Through 612 flight parabolic, approximately 4 hours was spent filming on board NASA’s “Vomit Comet” The KC-135, an aircraft designed to train astronauts for the weightlessness of space.
wLLO7 TIL that Gandhi supported an Islamic caliphate movement in India when Ottoman Caliphate was formally abolished in 1924 by Atatürk
bJy0 TIL that installing blue streetlights resulted in a 9% decrease in crime in Nara, Japan. It also put an end to suicides at Keihin Railway’s Gumyoji Station after the railway installed blue lights on the ends of platforms.
g7Vy TIL there is a group that believes they can cure autism by giving children bleach enemas
mYO TIL that a Fantastic Four film was created in 1994 solely to secure copyright to the property, the producers never intended it for release, although the director, actors, and other participants were not informed of this fact.