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TIL of the Golem Effect, the principle that we essentially meet the negative expectations held by those superior to us such as management, teachers, parents etc.

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LkyAV TIL that the average lifetime cost of dog ownership ranges from $27k to $42k
JYxgm TIL Switzerland finally dismantled last Cold War-era explosives from a bridge leading to Germany. They built such defenses to protect the country in the time of invasion!
9R7m TIL The First Self-Made Female Millionaire in the U.S. Was a Black Woman
awnPM TIL of the Mace Kingsley Ranch, a Scientology Private School where students were forced to do hard labor and the director, Wally Hanks, would punish the students with beatings (he was caught on audio tape). The school shut down in 2002.
Y71P TIL that Queen Elizabeth still keeps a diamond stolen from India in her crown and it’s one of the largest diamonds in the world