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TIL there is a correlation between religiosity and intelligence

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9OxM TIL In January scientists reported a simple way to turn almost any kind of cell into stem cells. These findings were invalidated in peer review. The lead researcher, Haruko Obokata, was found guilty of misconduct, the papers were retracted, and her supervisor and co-author hanged himself.
4X7Mw TIL That, in 1956, US Navy Ensign Thomas W, Attridge, while conducting a weapons test on his Gruman F-11 Tiger, aciidentally shot himself down when he flew his plane through cannon shells he had fired.
kJ8ad TIL of the Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest. A contest in Tokyo, Japan, to make babies cry with the best crier being said to have a long healthy life.
yQVGe TIL Compuserve, my first personal 'online' experience (after Usenet in college) still had active forums running, until today...
v1y48 TIL of bioengineering professor Manu Prakash, who invented a foldable microscope and centrifuge that cost under a dollar combined. The implications of these tools for impoverished countries are huge.