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TIL of 'normalcy bias', a cognitive distortion that convinces people nothing is wrong during a crisis. One author said that during a tornado warning, people 'would try to shame him into denial so they could remain calm'

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j67yR TIL that in the 17th and early 18th centuries, facial hair was thought to be a kind of bodily waste - specifically, the leftover by-product from sperm production - a kind of seminal excrement emerging from within the body.
xVvNg TIL About Mike Hayes, The Kid Who Crowdfunded His College Education — In 1987 by collecting a penny from 2.8 million people.
a8GZL TIL about the Roman conquest of Anglesey, which was targeted because it was a Druid hotspot. The Romans suffered a rare loss of confidence initially, before eventually overcoming their Druidic opponents.
9wbWG TIL the actor who played the basketball coach in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Dave Florek) is the brother of the actor who played the basketball coach in Smart Guy (Dann Florek)
YOGB TIL a fan letter from a pistol expert to Ian Fleming saw the introduction of a more robust pistol for James Bond. This expert, Geoffrey Boothroyd, was then written into the novels… you’d know him as Q.