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TIL that showing people facts that contradict their beliefs actually reinforces those beliefs

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16ZGr TIL 65-85% of white cats with blue eyes are deaf.
b5mN TIL most playing cards are right-handed, a southpaw will have to fan theirs with their off hand. An ambidextrous deck will have numbers in all four corners, a lefty deck will have numbers in the upper right and lower left corners.
KAM6 TIL: In Old English, males were referred to as, “wer” and the word, “man” meant strictly humankind.
0kGy TIL that in order to get seeds from lettuce, the grower has to neglect them. Once they begin to die, their only priority is to ensure the next generation, and thus the only time they seed. (SN: you preserve lettuce seeds in powered milk).
wLGko TIL North Carolina was paid $80 million by other states to build a waste treatment plant, did nothing, was sued in the Supreme Court—and won