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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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R9k6 TIL that the writing staff of Futurama held three Ph.D.s, seven masters degrees, and cumulatively had more than 50 years at Harvard
neJPP TIL that before and during the American Revolution, the English, both in England and in the colonies, mostly spoke with a rhotic accent, meaning they pronounced the r in words, like in today's General American accent.
oBxoL TIL that Iceland is essentially free of mosquitoes
EnjV TIL The creator of Pringles was buried in a Pringles can.
J1b1m TIL that absinthe consumption was so prevalent in France, and debilitating, that France's insane asylums more than doubled (57%) their populations in ten years chiefly due to "The Destroyer, "Green Demon," "Green Fiend," "Green Peril, "Green Damnation," "Green Terror."