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

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loGn5 TIL: Some cultures use remoras to catch turtles. When a turtle is sighted from a boat, a remora is released attached by a rope; it heads directly for the turtle and fastens itself to the turtle's shell, and then both remora and turtle are hauled in.
WMNB TIL that in 1972, a serbian flight attendant fell from 33000ft (10000m) after the plane she was flying in was torn apart by an explosive device. She survived the fall without permanent injuries.
5xBD TIL that a Luftwaffe pilot refused to destroy a damaged B-17.The German pilot escorted the B-17 to the English Channel and then saluted the American pilot and returned home. 40 years later they were reunited and developed a deep friendship that lasted until their deaths.
G8vQ TIL: scientists discovered that Bowhead whales live past 200 years when they found fragments of a 200 year harpoon lodged in a living one
9MR7 TIL we hate the recorded sound of our voice because our skull changes its resonance from within and creates more bass.