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TIL about Boundary Extension, which is " a widely accepted psychological phenomenon in which observers will recall an image as containing visual information beyond the boundaries of the originally studied image".

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b66np TIL about just 1 of Michael Jordan's streams of revenue. He receives 5% royalty on every Jordan Brand item sold. Shoes, apparel and international business earning soared to 4.7 billion dollars in 2021. That means Jordan makes about 645,000 dollars every morning he opens his eyes.
BrLpW TIL about Roman soldier Pantera. In Celsius' "The true word" Jesus was depicted as the result of an affair between his mother Mary and this soldier. Both the ancient Talmud and medieval Jewish writings reinforced this notion, referring "Yeshu ben Pantera", which means "Jesus, son of Pantera"
8nRG TIL there is a expiration date system on cosmetics
R5vd1 TIL 55-60% of people in Pakistan marry their first cousin
8w0X TIL Wing Commander threw an error message whenever it was closed. Instead of fixing the error, a developer edited the error message to read “Thank you for playing Wing Commander.”