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

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x6yyb TIL that Operation Barbarossa was named after Frederick Barbarossa, the first emperor of the HRE who wished to establish German predominance in Europe.
VKp0 TIL in Arab Algeria, Women make up 70% of Algeria’s lawyers and 60% of its judges. Women dominate medicine. Increasingly, women contribute more to household income than men. 60% of university students are women.
P14Ge TIL the largest Colombian "narco sub" to be decommissioned since records began in 1993 was seized in the Pacific Ocean in 2023 (3 tons of cocaine were on board). The vessel was about 100 ft long & 10 ft wide. Up to that point, the Colombian navy had seized a total of 228 drug-laden semi-submersibles
m1r7M TIL While in school, Rod Sterling tested experimental parachutes for the Army. He even earned $1,000 testing a new ejection seat that had previously claimed three lives!
yV888 TIL the Cologne Cathedral in Germany has the “Shrine to the Three Kings” that is believed to contain the bones of the Three Wisemen who brought gifts to the newborn Jesus. They also have three crowns that they supposedly wore.