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TIL Smart people believe stupid things thanks to five "intelligence traps". These include "motivated reasoning", which leads us build arguments that rationalise our own intuitive views (even if they are wrong); and "earned dogmatism" - the sense that you know so much you can ignore new information.

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nWrEG TIL A Japanese YouTuber sparked outrage from viewers in 2021 after he apparently cooked and ate a piglet that he had raised on camera for 100 days. This despite the fact that the channel's name is called “Eating Pig After 100 Days“ in Japanese.
yVWXp TIL that the Presidential transition between Truman and Eisenhower was extraordinarily acrimonious. In their car ride to the capital for the inauguration, Eisenhower wondered aloud "what SOB ordered my son back [from Korea], just to embarrass me.” Truman replied "I did."
6Aam TIL that Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler’s personal photographers, took thousands of photographs, regularly in color film, during his time with the Fuhrer. He buried the photographs near Munich and didn’t show them to anyone until 1965, when he sold them to Life Magazine. In 2009 they were published.
E10ad TIL about “the backfire effect,” which occurs when someone is presented with facts that contradict their preconceived worldview. Rather than admit they’re wrong, they believe the incorrect information even more.
Lk590 TIL that 'Naan' means bread. If you say 'naan bread', it literally means 'bread bread'.