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TIL of the Gruen effect, a psychological phenomenon where a store's design overwhelms a person so they are more easily manipulated to buy things. It is named after architect Victor Gruen, who disapproved of the techniques

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rRV9o TIL that cleaning a wound with rubbing alcohol is actually harmful to the skin.
E1Edo TIL that author, Barbara Follet, who published her first book at 12, vanished under strange circumstances. Her disappearance eerily resembles the last paragraph in her final book.
vPaGD TIL of Kyle Maynard, an American speaker, author and mixed martial arts athlete, known for becoming the first quadruple amputee to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro without the aid of prosthetics.
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