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TIL about the IKEA effect which makes people think anything they make themselves has increased value.

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KOZlG TIL that Snoop Dogg. broke the Guinness World Record for biggest gin and juice by stirring up a drink that contained 180 bottles of gin, 154 bottles of apricot brandy and 38 jugs of orange juice.
GY6rQ TIL the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 was passed after art dealer was caught lying about the source of hjs artwork, effectively classifying unverifiable claims of Indian heritage as false advertisement.
v1DDj TIL about the Cassandra, a Greek mythology character, who could accurately predict the future but was cursed so that no one would believe her.
v1AXB TIL: After the 2019 Notre Dame Cathedral fire, the video game Assassin’s Creed: Unity helped restoration efforts due to the highly detailed in-game model of the the Cathedral.
RmY4 TIL that the largest building with completed construction plans is a 10,000m (33,000 ft) tower that would cost 16 trillion USD to construct with a 100-150 year construction time, but it can house 30 million people.