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TIL about imposter syndrome, a psychological condition that causes the sufferer to feel as though they are a fraud, and that their success is not because of their intelligence or hard work, but merely a result of luck or happenstance, and that they're about to be exposed at anytime.

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v6vD TIL that the word O.K. came from the 8th president of the U.S. Martin Van Buren’s nickname of Old Kinderhook. When his signature was needed he intialed it O.K. Soon enough, his secretaries who ask him to OK something and the phrase spread.
R7kk9 TIL A 3M tape plant accidentally created a force field of static electricity that was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through. A person near this "wall" was unable to turn, and so had to walk backwards to retreat from it.
geo8 TIL A real-life Loch Ness monster skeleton was found after 50 years. The fossil remains of a 13-foot-long reptile that ruled the Scottish seas 170 million years ago have been found.
6E0oQ TIL farmer Wilmer McLean fled Virginia after the First and Second Battles of Bull Run occurred on his property and damaged his home. In 1865, his new home in Appomattox was selected by Colonel Marshall of the Confederacy to be the site of Lee's meeting with Grant, ending the war.
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