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TIL Polaroid photos should not be shaken

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VMQpk TIL no peer-reviewed attempt to replicate the Stanford Prison Experiment have reproduced the results, leading to allegations of fraud.
D16XJ TIL even though the human brain only weighs 2% of an average persons body weight, it burns 20% of the calories you consume.
negZG TIL that falconers (and trainers of other birds of prey) will sew the eyelids of a wild caught bird shut, slowly allowing them to reopen to imprint themselves. The reopening process takes anywhere from a week to 40 days depending on the bird’s nature and the skill of the trainer
VMZwD TIL that Shirley Temple appears on the cover art of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in three different places.
DQ9pY TIL: Pythagoras feared fava beans due to a common enzyme deficiency in Mediterranean people which makes them toxic (favism)