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

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jNnVn TIL That the U.S. has control over an island in the Indian Ocean which it got from the British who took it from Mauritius. It has a base on the island is named 'Footprint of Freedom' and the name of its camp is 'Camp Justice' while original inhabitants of the island are displaced from their homeland
MereB TIL about Sans Forgetica - a font designed to help you remember text better when studying and reading.The 'desirable difficulty' you experience when reading it prompts your brain to engage in deeper processing.
NNyM TIL H. Jon Benjamin released a jazz album called “Well, I Should Have…*” where he plays piano even though he doesn’t know how to.
OorZ7 TIL that Kazakhstan was the entire Soviet Union for 4 days
b9074 TIL Siskel and Ebert hated Jim Carrey and Ace Ventura when it was released, suggesting he retire immediately. Four years later they dedicated an entire episode of their show to him discussing his meteoric rise and admitting they were wrong.