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TIL of the frequency illusion (also known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon),the phenomenon in which people who just learn or notice something start seeing it everywhere.

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OoPZL TIL 400 MILLION whiteboard markers are thrown away by schools a year. To combat marker trash, Crayola pays for US schools to send back ANY type of marker for recycling.
WNaX TIL that weeds don’t have any classification and that any plant could be considered a weed.
4kgGw TIL how a chandelier was made out of 11,500+ gummy bears & ended up on the set of Nickelodeon's iCarly.
j6G7E TIL The guy who designed Big Ben in London went insane a few months after finishing the clock design and handing the design to the project boss who never credited him for it.
wLZnP TIL, “Meatless Monday” was originated by the FDA in WWI to help support the war effort, by limiting the need to ration by the military, and feed the people of Europe.