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TIL that "V" is the only letter in English that is never silent,

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EgROd TIL of the Halo Effect: A cognitive bias that influences positive impressions of an individual in one area due to positive influence in a different unrelated area.
ADAdx TIL of the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, a public monument in London commemorating ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten.
neKPo TIL that dogs were domesticated between 18,800 and 32,100 years ago and scientists are still not exactly sure how it occurred.
oxGW TIL That Africans were once an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo in 1906.
j687M TIL that employers prefer not to hire or promote short employees and that they do not adequately compensate them. According to various studies, controlling for other variables, every inch of height is worth hundreds of dollars in annual income.