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TIL that people are better at recalling unfinished tasks than completed tasks; this is called the 'Zeigarnik Effect'

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edn4 TIL that a psychological condition called “Koro” makes sufferers believe that their genitals have been stolen.
d8kKB TIL a species of mold grew at Chernobyl to feed on the gamma radiation it gives off
16nGr TIL that the author of the thriller The Four Just Men offered a £500 prize to whoever guessed the killer's name, but forgot to state there would only be one winner. The book became a bestseller but bankrupted him, as he was legally bound to pay every reader who answered correctly.
x6vmk TIL the city of Los Angeles once funded an excavation in search of a lost city of “lizard people”
xVWN0 TIL - Paul Stamets the character on Star Trek Discovery that helps transport the ship anywhere in the universe by accessing the “mycelium network” is a homage to the real life mycologist of the same name.