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Epao TIL pigeons can develop superstitions like walking counter-clockwise or shaking their head in order to get food
A6Kg TIL in a test of cognitive dissonance, researchers paid participants either $1 or $20 before completing a boring 1-hour task. Afterwards, those who were paid $1 said the study was stimulating while those paid $20 said they hated it; the low-paid people had to rationalize doing the task for only $1.
1617 TIL that pigeons can be superstitious, continually repeating movements that coincided with a first feeding even if fed at random intervals.