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TIL People Who Are Bad at Something Tend to Believe They Are Superior and This Bias Has a Name Called the Dunning-Kruger Effect

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B99K TIL Mythbusters (no pun intended) found that a barista with a DD bra size resulted in men tipping 30% more and women tipping 40% more
5JBD TIL: Sean Connery was forced to wear a toupee during each of the Bond movies because he had started balding at the age of 21.
wLlyE TIL There was once a camel in North America with a neck like a giraffe.
0pmy TIL Yale has a rare book and manuscript library with “windows” of translucent marble to prevent the books from being exposed to direct sunlight
7PRZ TIL when the Spanish painter Goya was a deaf man in his 70s, he painted 14 pieces directly onto the walls of his home, all unnamed, and they include some of his most important work.