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TIL of a condition opposite of Paranoia called Pronoia causing the suspicion that everyone is conspiring to help you.

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yVVvJ TIL when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938, people in the capital Vienna were so violent towards their Jewish population the Nazi government threatened the the local authorities against 'undisciplined' attacks on the city's Jews (Paywalled)
R7YAa TIL: There is a Japanese cafe is staffed by robot waiters controlled remotely by paralysed people.
J16wm TIL the largest surrender of the American Civil War wasn't Appomattox, but Bennett Place, NC - where Union General Sherman misunderstood his orders and Confederate General Johnston simply disobeyed his.
RlW7 TIL Andre Agassi played a Davis Cup match in 1992 wearing a pair of Oakley sunglasses to hide the fact that he was hungover from the previous night’s drinking. Jim Jannard of Oakley then sent him a new Dodge Viper to thank him for the endorsement.
nejPd TIL the Soviet Union gave John F. Kennedy a dog named Pushinka. Pushinka was the daughter of Strekla, one of the first dogs in space.