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

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nW7W9 TIL the color of Sun is white when viewed in outer space, outside our atmosphere
OGYb4 TIL when a coal waste pile collapsed onto the Welsh village of Aberfan in 1966, school lunch lady Nansi Williams saw the disaster coming and flung herself onto five schoolchildren to shield them from the avalanche. All five children survived, but Nansi did not.
x8xB TIL a British intelligence agent was found dead in his apartment, having been stuffed-naked-inside a duffel bag that was padlocked from the outside. A police investigation ruled it an accident
dG5Q TIL that pets can be allergic to humans
wZj8 TIL a 1988 UK government ban required news stations to overdub IRA speeches with an actor speaking in a neutral tone of voice.