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0:06I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is A Little Happier.
0:09I'm always interested in examples of unintended consequences.
0:14For instance, I love this story, which I suspected was apocryphal, but apparently is really true.
0:21Pickpockets tend to hang out near beware of pickpockets signs.
0:26Because it turns out, when people see a sign on the street or in the subway that reminds them to beware of pickpockets, the first thing they do is to check their pockets, their purses, their watches, their jewelry to make sure that their most valuable possessions are still safe.
0:41And in this way, they signal to pickpockets exactly where their valuables can be found.
0:48Along the same lines, it turns out that the classic cornfield scarecrow actually attracts birds because birds learn that a scarecrow is a sign of ample food.
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