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TIL : These 100 Illustrated Cognitive Biases Have Changed How I Think

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J1KGv TIL Admiral Nelson had a specially made fork with a knife attachment that let him eat meals with only one hand after losing his right arm at Santa Cruz in 1797.
0dyGA TIL William R. King was elected Franklin Pierce’s VP in 1852 and took the oath of office in Cuba due to tuberculosis. The only U.S. President or VP sworn in outside the country. Seattle’s King County was named in his honor until 2005. Now it is named King County after ML King Jr.
9YRD7 TIL the band Rush stopped using guitar amps on stage, instead replacing them with useful appliances like washing machines. During their Snakes And Arrows tour, a roadie in a chicken suit basted rotisserie chickens behind them.
0w5yv TIL heat lighting isn’t real. It’s just lightning too far off in the distance to hear the accompanying thunder in a storm.
JXvV TIL that the line “ass so fat” is used in over 140 rap songs.