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1adEP TIL: about the Replication Crisis; a phrase coined in the early 2010's referring to an ongoing methodological crisis concerning the finding that 70% of published scientific studies are difficult or impossible to replicate or reproduce.
76N7 TIL That on September 10th, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech that $2.3 Trillion of Pentagon funds had been unaccounted for, a figure that equated to $8,000 per US citizen that could not be traced to any transactions.
l7aOB TIL the Beastie Boys credit the band being "kickstarted" after suing British Airways who used their song without permission and forced to pay them $40K.
kVD4 TIL that the government of Denmark recreated it’s entire nation, block-for-block, in Minecraft to help kids get excited about geography. Only to have hackers dynamite the towns and erect American flags over the rubble.
GYYG5 TIL that in the Hamilton Musical, a R&B/Hip hop style Broadway musical about the forming of the USA, there is a reference/inspiration taken from Biggie Smalls "Juicy"