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TIL of the Dunning–Kruger effect, where dumb people tend to over-estimate their own intelligence, when in fact they’re not even competent enough to recognize their own ineptitude.

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0wgxA TIL Elephants "may show lateral preference when grasping with their trunks: some prefer to twist them to the left, others to the right." Essentially, they can be left or right "trunked"!
pYO8Z TIL in 1962 Brendon Grimshaw bought Moyenne Island in Seychelles for £8k. He planted 16k trees on the island and bred giant Aldabra tortoises. He was the sole inhabitant of the island until his death in 2012. Instead of selling it for $50m, it was declared a national park is the world's smallest.
9Yp9D TIL Clive Barker, the creator of Hellraiser, found that ads for the 9th film in the series insinuated he was involved in production, which he wasn't. He said, "I have NOTHING to do with the fuckin' thing. If they claim its from the mind of Clive Barker, it's a lie. It's not even from my butt-hole."
VZAB TIL that, while crocodiles can close their mouths with extreme force, their ability to OPEN their mouths is incredibly weak. Their jaws can be held shut using a rubber band.
Kj6J TIL that there are studies which suggest a correlation between sleep deprivation and an increased desire to eat poorly and decreased self control over eating impulses.