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TIL that Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek's Dutch last name translates to "from the creek"

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BgLyr TIL a high school student wrote a text-based moon landing simulation in 1969 using a PDP-8 minicomputer. It was "a question and answer game" - at each stage of the landing you'd find out your current velocity and then you had to enter how much fuel to use. If you burned fuel too early, you'd crash.
7rkZ TIL James Joyce would pick fights in Paris, then hide and call Ernest Hemingway to beat the shit out of the guy.
d85kr TIL STOP is an acronym for a short mindfulness which stands for Stop, Take a breath, Observe, Proceed. Its an exercise that can be used when you feel stressed, overwhelmed or when you notice that your mind is just all over the place as a means to ground you back in focusing on what you were doing.
8eGrG TIL Plymouth Rock, where the Pilgrims allegedly landed the Mayflower in the USA in 1620, is literally just a rock, not a cliff or mountain or island or something.
jPvX TIL U.S. Chicken McNuggets are made with dimethylpolysiloxane, which is a form of silicone used in Silly Putty.