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Z8eBo TIL The Pollyanna Principle, named after the cheerful character in Eleanor H. Porter's novel, is the tendency for people to remember pleasant history more accurately than unpleasant history. The principle is the basis of nostalgia, remembering past experiences as more rosy than in reality.
VBVG8 TIL In 1996, Michael Hutchence presented Oasis with a Brit Award and during the acceptance, Noel Gallagher said, “Has-beens shouldn't be presenting awards to gonna-bes.” Afterward, Michael secretly re-recorded the INXS song "Elegantly Wasted" to include "I am better than Oasis".
9YAVD TIL Pencils produced in the 1990s with the anti-drug slogan "Too Cool to Do Drugs" were recalled because, when sharpened, they read "Do Drugs"
neNVo TIL in 1972, President Richard Nixon called Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula before the Super Bowl and recommended he run a certain play. The week prior, he reportedly did the same thing with the Washington Redskins. Both teams ran the plays he suggested; both plays failed. Both teams lost.
X0ELr TIL ringworm is caused by the same type of fungi (dermatophytes) as ones for athlete's foot