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TIL that human subjects have been shown to grossly underestimate exponential growth. "Neither special instructions about the nature of exponential growth nor daily experience with growth processes enhanced the extrapolations."

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VBmZ8 TIL Using cruise control will consume on average 20% less fuel over 18 seconds of drive time
xVeDo TIL Cup Noodles were invented after Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen, watched as American supermarket executives broke up his ramen to fit into styrofoam coffee cups, added boiling water & then proceeded to eat the ramen with forks.
OoGJY TIL in 1984, Steven Tyler, the vocalist for the band Aerosmith, heard an old Aerosmith song on the radio and didn't recognize it due to memory loss from years of drug use. He suggested the band record a cover of the song. Lead guitarist, Joe Perry told him "It's us, fuckhead."
16xpr TIL so many Peruvian presidents have been jailed for corruption and abuse that they have their own prison specifically for ex presidents.
NXdYe TIL the 4 Synoptic Gospel's were probably written 3-5 decades after Jesus death based on oral tradition w different versions and different facts printed each century, and the earliest know versions are not in agreement about the date of Jesus crucifixion (before or on Passover).