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TIL that people tend to significantly overestimate how noticeable their embarrassing behaviors are to others, due to a cognitive bias known as the Spotlight Effect.

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EBRW TIL the “Share a Coke” campaign—where Coca-Cola replaced its name on bottles with people’s first names —increased Coca-Cola’s U.S. sales by more than 2 percent and, in doing so, helped reverse more than 10 years of decline in Coke consumption in the U.S.
BrlnD TIL Octopuses are immune to the stings of various types of jellyfish. They know this and will often rip off the stings of man-o-war (species closely related to jellyfish) and use them as whips to defend themselves from larger predators.
OmL TIL that On a TV show, a 17-year-old girl revealed that her father had killed three people and it turned out to be true…
Rl99 TIL that Iceland leads the world in books written, published and sold per person. One in ten Icelanders will publish a book during their lifetime.
ADlnn TIL the avant-garde band The Residents recorded an album of 40 one-minute songs, then purchased 40 one-minute advertising slots on San Francisco's most popular Top-40 radio station and had the station play each track over the course of three days