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TIL: More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another's scientist's experiments

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x6ek TIL in 1951, a doctor took cells from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge while she was being treated in Johns Hopkins’ Negro ward. HeLa cells have led to many medical advancements, and people have made millions off her cells. Yet, she is unknown & her family can’t even afford health insurance.
9wwJQ TIL about a blind Bulgarian mystic called Baba Vanga who passed away in 1996 but who left behind predictions for every year until 5079, at which point she believed the universe would cease to exist.
VMGyk TIL that it currently takes more information to obtain a library card than to form a US company
Z9QB TIL that Icelanders have no family names. Instead, their surname is just their father’s name plus “son” or “dottir”
p8Z9Q TIL that human brains are specialized for face recognition while chimp brains are specialized for butt recognition.