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TIL The Backfire Effect is when your beliefs get stronger despite contradictory evidence

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L470 TIL Morely cigarettes aren’t exclusive to the X-Files, but are a fake brand of cigarettes used across all media since 1960.
KYVE TIL that modern knowledge on how the human body reacts to freezing is based almost exclusively on Nazi human experimentation.
NXGGM TIL the Carlton Tavern, based in London, was demolished by its owners after failing to obtain the necessary planning permission. The council subsequently ordered the pub to be rebuilt brick by brick. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during WW2. It reopened in 2021.
W77Oo TIL The Great Pyramid of Giza Has Eight Sides and Not Four
XmrD TIL Prince Eric from “The Little Mermaid” is the only Disney prince who does not sing in his film.