Post * wLLbJ — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 2013, Dubai began outfitting its police officers with super cars.

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e0gWk TIL a 1967 study showed that only 38% of people were able to identify recordings of their own voice within 5 seconds.

xVd4B TIL Dennis Wilson was the only member of The Beach Boys who actually surfed. He drowned at age 39.

E1ABo TIL of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Most commonly found in children, sufferers experience sensory distortions, such as feeling their heads are far from their bodies, hearing amplified or altered sounds, hallucinations, and a feeling of depersonalization or separation from one's own body.

RpRl TIL - By Norwegian law every cow has its own mattress to sleep on. If the cows are more comfortable, they do actually produce more milk.

oR5Jr TIL about hindsight bias—the tendency to believe, after an event, that we could have predicted its outcome with certainty. It also leads people to judge historical figures based on prevailing contemporary opinions.