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TIL The Stanford Prison Experiment's Results Have Never Been Replicated, and Many Question its Findings, Methodology, Sample Size, and Neutrality.

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kO5v5 TIL after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan built foldable submarine-launched naval aircraft to bomb U.S. western and eastern seaboards, the 18 I-400 class submarines stowed up to three Aichi M6A Seiran floatplanes, each could carry an 800 kg (1,800 lb) bomb 1,000 km (620 mi) at 475 km/h (295 mph).
j6J8E TIL in the United States of America, tipping while eating at Restaurants is a common practice, and that the average tip amount is typically 20% of the price of the entire meal! And no, you don't get anything extra for choosing to pay that.
mx9Y TIL Jiddu Krishnamurti was revered as a prophet from childhood, renounced it all, and went on to speak against institutionalised religion and political parties.
e0ax5 TIL that USA once detonated atomic bombs and placed a bunch of beer near them. They concluded that, in the event of a atomic blast, beer is mostly safe to drink.
aMeA TIL: That the IRS requires you to declare sources of illegal income (i.e selling drugs) but they can’t prosecute you for the activity.