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TIL that the "Cheerleader Effect" (the idea that people look more attractive in a group than alone), first coined by Barney Stinson in "How I Met Your Mother", was actually studied scientifically, and the theory was confirmed.

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xVxa7 TIL that skateboarding has now been added into the summer Olympics. The competition will be held at the Ariake Urban Park and will most likely be in the Olympics next year.
ljeB TIL The Word “Nonplussed” is used incorrectly so often in North America, that dictionaries are starting to list that definition as well. As a result, “nonplussed” is its own antonym.
16a08 TIL the world's supply of Brazil nuts comes almost exclusively from wild trees. Brazil nut trees can't be farmed effectively because the complex symbiotic relationships it depends on for pollination are too difficult to replicate.
OoONg Today I learned that the youngest person to discover a supernova was a ten year old Canadian girl named Kathryn Aurora Gray.
Oo9MY TIL that the only country in the world to lie in all four hemispheres is the island country of Kiribati