25 September 2018 - Interesting Tidbits On This Day: 1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge marked the end of the Viking invasions of England. 1820 - French Physicist Francois Arago announceed electromagnetism

25 September Today's term from psychology is Stockholm Syndrome. The Stockholm Syndrome, or Capture-Bonding is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy, and have positive

24 September 2018 - Interesting Tidbits On This Day: 1852 – The first airship powered by a steam engine, created by Henri Giffard, traveled 17 miles / 27 km from Paris to Trappes. The Giffard dirigible

24 September Today's term from psychology is the Verbatim Effect. Verbatim Effect is, simply put that the gist of what someone has said is usually remembered, not what they said word for word, or verbatim.

23 September 2018 - Interesting tidbits On This Day: 1641 – The Merchant Royal, a ship carrying a treasure worth over a billion US dollars, was lost at sea off Land's End. 1806 – Lewis and Clark returned

23 September To know me is to like me. Roger Ebert Today's term from psychology is the Mere-Exposure Effect. People tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. This

22 September 2018 Interesting tidbits: 1692 – The last people were hanged for witchcraft in England's North American colonies on this date. 1792 – Primidi Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican

22 September Worse than jumping on the bandwagon is being thrown under it. - J Edward von Hegner Today's term from psychology is the Bandwagon Effect. To "jump on the bandwagon" means to do something

21 September 2018 Interesting tidbits: 1896 – British force under Horatio Kitchener took Dongola in the Sudan. Kitchner was a British Field Marshal and colonial administrator who won fame for his imperial

21 September Today's term from psychology is the Robspierre Effect. The Robespierre Effect is named after Maximilian Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Often when a

20 September 2018 Interesting tidbits: 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe. 1848 – The American Association for

20 September Today's term from psychology is Semmelweis Reflex. The Semmelweis Reflex - or Semmelweis effect - is the tendency we all have to reject new evidence that contradicts an existing belief. There's

19 September 2018 Interesting tidbits: 1692 – Giles Corey was pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials. Corey's resistance has since become a symbol of resistance to unjust authority

19 September Today's term from psychology is Status Quo bias. In simple terms the Status Quo bias is the tendency to like things to stay relatively the same. It's defined as an emotional bias, a preference

18 September Today's term from psychology is Pareidolia. In simple terms, Pareidolia is when your mind makes you sees an image where none exists, or hear voices where there are none. If you've even seen

18 September 2018 Interesting tidbits: 1502 – Christopher Columbus landed at Honduras on his fourth, and final voyage. 1830 - On this day America's first locomotive, Tom Thumb, lost a widely celebrated

17 September Today's term from psychology is Rhyme-As-Reason Effect. Simply put, the Rhyme-As-Reason Effect, also known as the Eaton-Rosen Phenomenon, means we tend to believe that a statement is more

16 September 2018 Interesting tidbits: 1620 – The Mayflower started her voyage to North America. 1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo began Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain.

16 September Today's term from psychology is Functional Fixedness. Functional Fixedness limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. In many cases, functional fixedness

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