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TIL about the Tinkerbell effect that states “things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them.” There is also a reverse Tinkerbell effect. It pertains to everything from religion to politics.

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Oor8g TIL that in addition to ending WW1, the Treaty of Versailles also made it so that Bayer could no longer trademark "heroin".
j7wN TIL California City is the 3rd biggest city in California by area. Its founder planned a city to rival Los Angeles, but today only 14000 people live there.
QYRk TIL in 1999, They Might Be Giants became the first major-label recording artist to release an entire album exclusively in mp3 format
XmOr TIL there is over 400000 pounds of man-made trash and debris on the moon, including 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit
GYn1E TIL computers were usually beige in the past because Germany initiated workplace standards that required 'light-value' colors on office computing equipment, causing other European countries to follow suit. This made it financially attractive to solely produce beige computers.