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TIL The last large remnant of Carib (indigenous people of the Caribbean) culture was destroyed in a 1902 volcano eruption.

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jNpPa TIL that the character Guinan in Star Trek:TNG, played by Whoopi Goldberg, was named after an American actress, producer and entrepreneur, Texas Guinan. A colorful character who would greet her speakeasy’s patrons, “Hello, Sucker! Come on in and leave your wallet on the bar."
ep5o6 TIL that MyPillow founder Mike Lindell had a crack cocaine addiction that led to his dealers staging an intervention on him.
j6EdN TIL Michael Jordan scored 38 points against the Utah Jazz in 1997 despite suffering vomiting and diarrhea from food poisoning. The “Flu Game” shoes he wore were later given to a ball boy from the Utah Jazz.
nPdW TIL that the false-consensus effect or false-consensus bias is an attributional type of cognitive bias whereby people tend to overestimate the extent to which their opinions, beliefs, preferences, values, and habits are normal and typical of those of others
D1ZPp TIL despite its popularity, Frank Sinatra ended up hating "My Way", believing that the song was self-serving and self-indulgent.