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TIL that ignorance breeding overconfidence is a scientifically observed phenomenon called the “Dunning–Kruger effect“

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9Y4wG TIL of the thousand day ordeal of the Marathon Monks of Japan. They run daily marathons for hundreds of days, endure 7.5 days with no food, water, or sleep, and chant 100,000 mantras in front of a scorching fire. They carry a rope and a dagger with which to commit suicide if they fail.
EnYp TIL in 2002 a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
Y7XkP TIL that there has never been a state or federal law on the books that prohibited killing a praying mantis. Since the 1950s, a rumor has circulated that killing a praying mantis carries a fine.
VVV4 TIL Starbucks charged rescue workers for bottled water during 9/11.
vVgx TIL in Japan adult diaper sales are about to surpass baby diapers