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TIL the belief that anyone who disagrees with you must be stupid, uninformed, irrational, or worse is a logical fallacy called Naïve realism.

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V5P4 TIL The National Weather Service’s chief meteorologist suspected Hurricane Sandy would be a devastating storm 6 days before it struck the east coast, and included his personal phone number in the warning for anyone to call and complain if he was wrong. It was the 2nd costliest storm in US history.
WkQYd TIL in 1973 a white police officer in Dallas, TX killed a 12-year old Hispanic boy during an illegal interrogation and was sentenced to a mere 5 years in prison and only served half that
BrkYd TIL that in the film Jaws, the shark was malfunctioning. Spielberg had to use certain POV shots and John William's score to increase the tension, and other cues (ie barrels, dorsal fins, etc) to note the shark's presence. This is a highly influential filmmaking choice and Jaws is an extreme success.
MQDa TIL that the first school massacre in the US took place in Pennsylvania in 1764.
vPONK TIL actor Leslie Nielsen used to bring a fart machine to his interviews