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TIL Brandolini’s law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle. The law states the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

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EgJko TIL water isnt wet. Most scientists define wetness as a liquid’s ability to maintain contact with a solid surface, meaning that water itself is not wet.
Me8ZB TIL there's a game released in 1987 that got it's most recent update to version 3.6.6 in 2020
lXkA TIL Andrew Wakefield, the infamous ex-physician who fabricated evidence linking vaccines to autism, now lives in Texas and is pitching a reality TV show called “The Autism Team”
X0kVR TIL Long-haul flights has secret rest area above the main cabin for flight attendants so that they can rest. The rest area has seven or eight beds, and occasionally a separate bathroom as well. They can also enjoy in-flight entertainment.
p8rp8 TIL Former WWE wrestler Chris Masters "bear-hugged" a 3 meter (10 foot) tree and uprooted it to save his mother who was trapped inside her burning house.