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TIL Martin Luther King Jr. said Homosexuality was a Problem that Required Psychiatric Attention

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ADxea TIL Norman Fell (Mr. Roper) was reluctant to leave Three's Company to do a spin-off, but producers persuaded him by promising him the Ropers would return to Three's Company if the new show did not last one year. One month after the one year contract obligation expired, The Ropers was canceled.
ZpRva TIL that brain is designed to forget. Two different biochemical pathways, one including Dopamine➔Rac1➔Cofilin and the other involving cdc42 are involved in both intrinsic forgetting and interference-based active forgetting
JwJm [TIL] The study findings from a Secret Service study on school shootings revealed that there is no “profile” of a school shooter; instead, the students who carried out the attacks differed from one another in numerous ways.
kJA7d TIL that in Alaska, a slow driving motorist with more than five cars behind them must pull over and let the cars pass
WXQY TIL that Sandra Bullock was the first person to win a Golden Raspberry Award (given for worst film) and an Oscar in the same weekend. She collected both.