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TIL humans have a tendency to find meaningful patterns in meaningless data.

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nLnW TIL in 2008 a dog tried to save his owners lives after 5 armed pirates hijacked their yacht off the coast of Venezuela. After the men climbed aboard the dog furiously attacked them, biting and snapping until he was stabbed then shot. The dog survived and the pirates left almost empty handed.
1aP9V TIL that individuals high in psychopathic traits show reduced susceptibility to contagious yawning; that is, yawning after seeing or hearing another person yawn.
mx6aO TIL In 2009 while filming BTS footage for Parks and Rec, Chris Pratt made an improvised joke about receiving a text Steven Spielberg and getting back to him about "Jurassic Park 4". 4 Years later he got the starring role.
BgXnr TIL 70% of people in the world do not use toilet paper.
ne96W TIL restaurants during the German hyperinflation of the 1920s, a waiter would stand up on a table every 30 minutes to call out the new prices.