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TIL of the Dunning–Kruger effect, a phenomenon in which an incompetent person is too incompetent to understand his own incompetence

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R7LP4 TIL In the United States, in a single eighteen-month period during 1971 and 1972 the FBI counted an amazing 2,500 bombings on American soil, almost five a day.
4VW6 TIL that a beaver’s lips are located behind its teeth so it can carry branches around without drowning
61pW TIL Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years
Z8l5Y TIL the marionberry is actually a blackberry, and it was developed by Oregon State University in cooperation with the USDA ARS breeding program. It is a cross between the 'Chehalem' and 'Olallie' blackberries!
7rgGM TIL People generally become love addicts due to a past history of abandonment from their primary caregivers. Adult love addicts usually recognized as children that their most precious needs for validation, love and connection with one or both parents were not met. This affects their self-esteem