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TIL: Brandolini's law aka the Bullshit asymmetry principle: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."

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9YjQ TIL that women wearing red clothing are viewed by men to be more receptive to romance (and considered more attractive). [Fixed title]
jBME TIL Researchers found that bees which had been given a dose of cocaine threw themselves into unusually energetic dance routines, felt compelled to “talk” to their nest mates - and even went “cold turkey” when the drugs ran out.
BlDy TIL that from 1808 to 1821, the capital of Portugal was moved to Rio de Janeiro, making it the only European country to have been ruled from its colonies.
oRO4L TIL there is a world championships for playing the air guitar. The motto of the competition is "Make Air Not War".
dDmgd TIL about Irritator, a relative of Spinosaurus that got its name because scientists were frustrated to find out the fossils of this creature had been artificially modified by a collector to try and drive up their sale price.