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TIL Stereotypes are more valid than most social psychological hypotheses

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VyOm TIL that the 3DS has so far outsold the PS4
M7PY8 TIL about Robert Carter III who in 1791 through 1803 set about freeing all 400-500 of his slaves. He then hired them back as workers and then educated them. His family, neighbors and government did everything to stop him including trying to tar and feather him and drove him from his home.
EVb0 TIL that medieval English longbows could fire an arrow more than 300 yards and required so much strength that the skeletons of medieval archers can by identified by their enlarged left arms.
BrQVe TIL that a 9-year-old boy decided he wanted to help the families of fallen US soldiers. He started a Facebook page and eventually traded up to $900 worth of Disney gift certificates, airfare and hotel credits. He then gave the trip to a 2-year-old girl who had lost her father in Afghanistan.
gla9 TIL while shooting “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” Eli Wallach mistakenly drank acid left next to his drink, was accidentally hanged by a faulty stunt rope, nearly decapitated by a train passing overhead, and left on a horse with his hands tied behind his back when it panicked and ran away.