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TIL: That Serial Killer Richard Ramirez was born on February 29

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PYKGe TIL Even though a chess grandmaster can perfectly rearrange a midgame chessboard after seeing it for only 3 seconds, they can't do the same when the pieces are placed at random. They rely on a process called "chunking" (pattern recognition) vs common perception that they have photographic memories.
RxL6 TIL in 1600 one of the first Englishmen to land in Japan ended up a samurai and adviser to the Shogun
WkwDY TIL about The Streisand effect (named after Barbara Streisand)- a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
LEP0 TIL parrotfish eat coral and poop it out as sand, and are responsible for many of the small islands and beaches of the Caribbean.
woEmP TIL that monitoring cough via daily used smart devices (smartphones, wearables, among other) can predict and prevent COPD exacerbations, reducing hospitalisations.