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TIL the color of Sun is white when viewed in outer space, outside our atmosphere

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jYWn TIL that there is a psychological phenomenon called the Backfire Effect. Essentially, the more you try to convince someone they are wrong using facts and figures, the more convinced they become that their preexisting beliefs are correct.
05OM TIL The World’s Smallest Park is only 2 feet wide
gWWy TIL McRibs contain an ingredient most commonly found in yoga mats
GYpGg TIL in 2014, a small Japanese village tried to set up a monument to remember the WW2 Korean slaves that died in the region, but were forced to stop by Japanese ultranationalists. These ultranationalists have also been successful in the removal of other monuments of contrition around Japan.
5Mk8 TIL That it is illegal in South Carolina to jeer at the Confederate States of America flag.