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TIL Allodoxaphobia is the name for fear of other people’s opinions.

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xVX5B TIL People Who Are Bad at Something Tend to Believe They Are Superior and This Bias Has a Name Called the Dunning-Kruger Effect
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e0MDg TIL that Aboriginal Australian "dot art" where dots and other shapes are used to construct images, while deeply associated with Aboriginal tradition, was only first done in 1971, very recently in the 40,000 year history of art on the continent.
XYyj TIL: in 1987, a high school boy triangulated where fantasy author Piers Anthony lived using fictional maps from his novels, ran away from home to live with him & his family, and was welcomed into PA’s home for the day, spent the night there, and PA listened to him for ~4 hours and gave him advice.
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