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TIL that some people with anxiety may actively resist relaxation in favor of worrying, with a study suggesting that it's a way to avoid a large jump in anxiety if something bad really does happen.

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M7Jj8 TIL that almost every African country boycotted the 1976 Olympics because of New Zealand – whose rugby team had toured Apartheid South Africa earlier that year, yet was not banned by the Olympic organizers
jaGj TIL That Florida is a gepgraphical oasis. It sits at the perfect latitude for a desert, and if it weren’t a peninsula, it would potentially be as dry as the Sonoran or Sahara.
0wg0p TIL African Wild Dogs vote on whether not to go on a hunt by sneezing. If a dominant pair sneezes first, then on average 2 additional sneezes will mean a hunt occurs. If a non dominant dogs sneeze first, then it typically takes 10 additional sneezes to sway the group to hunt.
7rQRr TIL about Dr Denis Mukwege, a congolese gynecologist who specialised in women victims of extreme sexual violence. Threatened, he exiled with his family, but the Congolese women joined forces for him to come back. He now works in Bukavu where he is under constant protection from the UN.
VBnV4 TIL in 2007, Jon Lovitz confronted Andy Dick at a restaurant, where Dick claimed he put the Phil Hartman hex on Lovitz, stating he was the next to die. Lovitz and Dick then had a heated encounter, resulting in Lovitz demanding an apology and eventually; smashing Dick's head into the bar.