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TIL that the Stanford Prison Experiment was ended because the principle researcher's girlfriend, a psychologist in her own right, observed the experiment and told him it was wrong and that she didn't like him because of it--not because he determined of his own accord that it was unethical

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9lZG TIL a Japanese fishing boat sank because a Russian cargo plane dropped a live cow from 30,000 feet.
9YKKD TIL a sense of humor belongs to the set of strengths positive psychologists call transcendence; together they help us forge connections to the world and provide meaning to life. Appreciation of humor correlates with other strengths, too, such as wisdom and love of learning.
gMkN4 TIL the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is elected by writing the names of the top three candidates, putting them in a box and having a five-year old child draw blindly one of the names.
E1Rn7 TIL That NASA Has an Active Plan in Place to Send People Back to The Moon and Establish an Outpost
oGJ8 TIL Mount Mitchell, highest in the eastern US, is named after Elisha Mitchell, geologist and climber. He fell to his death at the nearby waterfall, now named “Mitchell Falls.”