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TIL the act of hesitating when introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name is called “tartle” (Scottish)

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rR8a4 TIL about the Libet experiment, a controversial and groundbreaking study on free will that demonstrated that there was unconscious brain activity before the conscious decision to perform an act
ANJpo TIL in 1984, Harvey Comics sued Columbia pictures due to the logo in Ghostbusters being too similar to that of Fatso from Casper the friendly Ghost. As a result of said Lawsuit, Fatso became a public domain character, and it’s likely that Casper is as well.
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