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TIL that “frequency illusion,” somewhat better known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, is what you call the syndrome in which a concept or thing you just found out about suddenly seems to appear everywhere.

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YpxJG TIL of Christopher Thomas Knight, AKA the North Pond Hermit. He entered the woods of Maine at age 20 and lived without human contact for 27 years, committing roughly 40 robberies a year for supplies. The only time he spoke to another human was when he said "hi" to a passing hiker.
epRjb TIL The US Navy still has a ship, the USS Pueblo, from 1945 that is actively commissioned till today, however it has been taken hostage by North Korea since 1968. It is now used by North Korea as a museum ship in the capitol of Pyongyang.
XEk0E TIL that after Ludwig van Beethoven went deaf, he found he could attach a metal rod to his piano and play while biting on it: this enabled him to hear through vibrations in his jawbone. This process is called bone conduction
9YaWm TIL about Chris McCandless, AKA Alexander Supertramp, an intelligent young man who left his wealthy family to hitchhike after graduating college, donating his entire $25,000 in savings, and eventually ended up being found decomposing in a bus alone in Alaska
OoQya TIL That 70's Show is often cited as having the first gay kiss to air on North American prime time television. The 1998 episode Eric's Buddy, featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, aired eighteen months before Dawson's Creek aired the first gay kiss in a romantic context.