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TIL about cherophobia - the fear of (or anxiety about) happiness.

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a8rdo TIL the first email was sent in 1971, almost two decades before the World Wide Web existed
jrxM TIL the members of post-hardcore band Fugazi refuse to be interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine unless they agree to print an issue with no alcohol/tobacco ads due to their straight edge beliefs
41EX TIL the word “sanction” is an auto-antonym, a word with two contradicting meanings. It means both to approve of an action, and to penalize for an offense.
4XaDR TIL: Yosemite has two main valleys, Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy, but HH is flooded by a dam/reservoir built in 1923. John Muir and other environmentalists fought to block the dam and said of the valley’s spectacular beauty: “no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.”
OGMQ6 TIL that we can observe more than just one side of the Moon from Earth. About 59% of the surface is visible due to Moon’s slight wavering. It's called libration.