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TIL of the Nirvana fallacy. It is the belief that, because something is not completely perfect, it is deeply flawed or even broken. It is very common in economic and political discourse.

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x6aDw TIL That Australian University developed World's first Bionic Eye to fully restore the vision of blind people.
NYwQ TIL Nazi doctor Josef Mengele sewed two twins together back to back in an attempt to create conjoined twins.The children died of gangrene after several days of suffering.
kLgm TIL: There are still people around with plutonium-powered nuclear pacemakers implanted in their bodies. 9 were still working as of 2007, 35 years after implantation. They work on the same thermoelectric principle as the New Horizons spacecraft’s power source.
Me7k8 TIL that the Von Trapp family, made famous by The Sound of Music, lost their fortune in the Great Depression, and the children's singing careers were purely a way to earn a livelihood.
7e4x TIL Turnover is so slight in Federal Employees that, “death by natural causes” is more likely than “fired for poor job performance, misconduct or layoff”