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TIL the Ostrich Effect, a phenomenon where people would figuratively “bury their head in the sand” and avoid negative but useful information, such as feedback on progress, to avoid psychological discomfort.

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BrOLL TIL that the monsters in the 2008 movie "Dark Floors" are actually a band from Finland called "Lordi" They made the movie after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006
78rAx TIL that Australian hackers targeted NASA in 1989 with one of the first computer worms, and arguably the first ever instances of "hacktivisim" with the "Worms Against Nuclear Killers" (or WANK) worm.
bwJZ TIL that some haunted houses are thought to be the result of dangerous safety hazards, like carbon monoxide leaks, which cause hallucinations.
M7GWV TIL in the 1630s, Cardinal Richelieu grew weary of watching his dinner guests pick their teeth with their table knives, grinded down the end, and invented the modern dinner knife
OG8Zg TIL that the oldest known place name sign is over 5,000 years old and marks the 'Domain of the Scorpion King Horus'