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TIL that the tendency people have to overestimate how much others are noticing their appearance or actions is a social phenomenon known as the "spotlight effect".

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ANVVx TIL that photographer Robert Landsburg sacrificed his life in an attempt to save his photos during the Mount St. Helens eruption. He laid on top of his film, letting the volcanic ash cover him. Seventeen days later, his body and the preserved photos were recovered and used to document the eruption.
QNdP9 TIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.
dDlKj TIL of Wall-Sun-Sun primes, a category of prime numbers that obey certain rules related to the Fibonacci sequence. It is conjectured that there are infinitely many of them. None are known, and there are definitely none that are smaller than 20 digits.
DQabY TIL In 1988 Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton all lost Album of the year
KOEPa TIL Yogi Bear used to be the mascot of a chicken restaurant franchise, and when they all closed, the statues were dumped in the middle of a forest. This site became a tourist attraction in and of itself, known as the "Yogi Bear Graveyard".