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TIL John Williams created the Sunday Night Football theme on NBC. It's called Wide Receiver. I always wondered why I loved that theme song so much. In this interview he talks about the similarities between musical performances and sports performances

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Ovd4 TIL that although homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, transexuality is nevertheless fully legal and the Iranian government regularly funds gender reassignment surgeries. Iran carries out more gender change operations than any country in the world besides Thailand.
l71mG TIL "DARVO" is a reaction pattern recognized by some researchers as common when abusers are held accountable for their behavior: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender. It was first theorized in 1997 by Jennifer Freyd who called it "frequently used and effective."
aMyN TIL that there is a person on the House of Congress’ Science Committee who believes that everything to do with the study of Embryonic development is a fabrication.
OG8A1 TIL Chadwick (the discoverer of neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discoverer of proton) who was the student of Thomson (discoverer of electron).
OGnQX TIL the Swiss Guard who guards the Pope must take a vow of celibacy, pass Swiss Army basic training and several other things. They had had a heroic last stand where they were massacred defending Rome in 1527 and there are only 135 of them at one time.