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TIL 270 scientists re-ran 100 studies published in the top psychology journals in 2008. Only half the studies could be replicated successfully.

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9E1G TIL if the space between the Earth and the Sun were filled with air, the Sun would be louder than a train horn. We, on Earth, would constantly hear it at 125 decibels – for comparison, a train horn 1 meter away comes in at 120 decibels.
XkLR TIL that the US Coast Guard would receive telegrams from concerned citizens, who didn’t realize Gilligan’s Island was a scripted show, asking for them to rescue the castaways
nW57d TIL Rodney Marks died of methanol poisoning under suspicious circumstances while working at the South Pole. His body was kept frozen for 6 months before it was able to be recovered.
kJbB TIL that Nazi Germany had made detailed plans to ship 4 million Jews to Madagascar.
e0aKk TIL Hubble watched a failed supernova turn into a black hole before its very eyes. These so-called "massive fails" (seriously) are thought to occur when the core of a star is so huge its exploding shell of gas cannot escape, and instead collapses back in on itself.