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TIL that the primacy effect allows us to remember the first items in a list and the recency effect allows us to remember the last items in a list meaning the items in the middle of a list are often forgotten.

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oRNmo TIL the scientist in Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Scientist" really is a scientist -- Dolby hired UK nutritional scientist Dr. Magnus Pike to record the dialog
nevOB TIL L. Ron. Hubbard’s own son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr. was highly critical of Scientology and claimed black magic was the inner core of Scientology once stating, "my father did not worship Satan. He thought he was Satan."
eZ1L TIL 2 versions of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ were made: a PG-13 version and an R-rated version. Test audiences preferred the R-rated version, so that’s what was released.
v1AQK TIL Due to its high degree of microporosity, as little as 1 gram of activated charcoal has a surface area in excess of 3,000 square meters- which is the same as 3 Olympic swimming pools, 7 basketball courts, or 230 car-parking spaces.
kOmb1 TIL the name “Africa” does not come from any African language. It is Latin and derives from “Afri”, a Roman term for the inhabitants of North Africa.