Post * GXj1 — Curious Curator

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TIL when Social Anxiety Disorder was added to the DSM-III in 1980, it was barely diagnosed, considered a rare disorder, until the late 90s when the drug ‘Paxil’ was approved for treatment. Now, 5.3 million Americans are diagnosed with it and is the 3rd most prevalent psychiatric disorder.

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gMn7A TIL The original word for 'bear' has been lost. People in middle ages were superstitious and thought saying the animal's name would summon it. They called it 'bear' which means 'the brown one' to avoid saying its actual name.

R7e47 TIL a female serial killer in ancient Rome is said to have been "raped by a giraffe" as part of her punishment.

GjN5 TIL that US research shows that young adults aged between 20 and 24 and born in the 1990s were more than twice as likely to report that they had had no sexual partners since the age of 18 than young adults of the same age born in the 1960s

PjDZ TIL that none of Bob Ross’s on-air paintings were created spontaneously, and he always had the first copy hidden off screen for reference.

yVdV TIL that in May of 2011, the Ku Klux Klan released statements attempting to distance themselves from the Westboro Babtist Church. Their leader said, “It’s the soldier that fought and died and gave them that right to free speech.”