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TIL Coal-shovelling competitions are a thing

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ZpxWv TIL that anorexics score an average of 6-11 points higher on IQ tests than the general population
kXn7 TIL that Alan Turing, the pioneering computer scientist / cryptographer, and Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels, worked together during WWII. They rarely agreed on anything.
kJ1B1 TIL: A study from 2014 shows that people perceive artwork to be superior if they are told the artist is mentally ill.