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TIL of the Name-Letter Effect, where people tend to like the letters in their name over other letters. It holds in other languages, and is tied to self-esteem. People tend to favor brands that share their initials, and donate to disaster relief for hurricanes with their same first letter.

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Lygm TIL that a pilot named Tommy Fitz stole a plane from a New Jersey airport in order to land on a Manhattan street. Twice. Both landings were pulled off in incredibly narrow areas, in the dark, and after a night of drinking.
aw6Yy TIL of the kākāpō—a nocturnal, flightless parrot that drags its face along the ground to navigate and has a mating ritual where the male digs a hole in a hill, lays down in it and makes loud noises all night until a female takes interest in him.
6E518 TIL The majority of the first American settlers only survived the first winter by eating their deceased children.
QJ7E TIL Cornell University researchers built the world’s smallest guitar,played by a laser, about the size of a red blood cell.
BnGb TIL that pink lights – which make skin blemishes more visible –have been installed in public places to deter teenage loitering