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TIL of the Halo Effect: A cognitive bias that influences positive impressions of an individual in one area due to positive influence in a different unrelated area.

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R5jnj TIL the currency symbol for Peso (₱) is only used in the Philippines. Other countries using the Peso as a monetary unit (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Uruguay) are using the dollar sign ($)
0wLZj TIL the first monkey sent into space was named HAM
l7YkG TIL: The band, Journey, had a video arcade game named after them, released in 1983.
kJ0we TIL Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, AKA ‘Butcher of Lyon’ for his torture of Jews and French resistance, was smuggled by the US to Bolivia for anticommunist work. For 30 years he also aided multiple dictatorial regimes, paramilitary groups, and even Pablo Escobar with security and torture services
GAxD5 TIL That an Irish woman attempted to murder Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926, armed with a revolver, she aimed at Mussolini's head but a sudden head movement saved him at the last second, with the bullet only managing to wound his nose.