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TIL In research there is a demand characteristic known as the “Screw-You Effect” - when participants attempt to ruin the results of a study

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8aoeV TIL of xenobots; Synthetic lifeforms designed by AI which are part robot, part organism, the size of a grain of sand and capable of performing tasks such as pushing payloads, cleaning debris, working together in swarms and even reproduce new xenobots
QAWa TIL Academy Award winning composer John Williams (Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones) is the father of Toto (“Africa”) frontman Joseph Williams.
X04xD TIL a picture of H. H. Holmes, the serial killer, hangs in the University of Michigan hospital as part of their historic class photos. He graduated from their medical school in 1884 under the name of H. W. Mudgett
LQdyd TIL Lyndon B Johnson worked 18-20 hour days without breaks, smoked heavily, and used his knowledge of every senator's ambitions, hopes, and tastes to his advantage in securing votes. As a congressman, he was the most powerful majority leader in American history.
M7jem TIL Thomas Jefferson wanted to adopt the metric system in the United States, but pirates of the Caribbean hijacked its adoption