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TIL about the door-in-the-face. An attempt is made to convince the respondent to comply by making a large request that the respondent will most likely turn down. The respondent is then more likely to agree to a second, more reasonable request, than if that same request is made in isolation.

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kRv5 TIL Anthony Hopkins played Adolf Hitler in the 1981 movie The Bunker. He won an Emmy Award and actors on the set claimed his performance was so convincing that those playing German soldiers snapped to attention whenever Hopkins came onto the set, even if he wasn’t in character.
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