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TIL the Meyers-Briggs personality test was developed by a mother and daughter team, neither of whom had any formal psychology education. They studied agriculture and political science respectively.

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6ENOX TIL for centuries Scottish kings were crowned will sitting upon the Stone of Destiny also know as the Stone of Scone, a 500 lb rectanglar stone slab. It was captured by a British king in 1296 and has subsequently been used in the corination of many British royals, most recently Queen Elizabeth II.
rwLx TIL that the Ostrich-Egg Globe may be the oldest globe, dated 1504, to depict the New World, engraved with immaculate detail on two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs.
vPZEx TIL the shortest war in history was just 38 minutes.
5PaQ TIL that Scotland has the highest rate of cocaine use in the world
BrNve TIL that in 1962, at the University of Texas at Austin, Janis Joplin was voted "ugliest man on campus"