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TIL Allodoxaphobia is the name for fear of other people’s opinions.

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ZpYlG TIL the Denton House is a historic building in New Hyde Park, New York that was built in 1795 as a farmhouse and converted to a Georgian-style mansion in the 1860s and is currently a McDonald's restaurant.
6KNQ TIL: Dexter Holland, the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter of The Offspring has an MS in molecular biology, and in 2013 co-authored a paper on microRNA in HIV genomes. He owns a hot sauce company, and is a licensed flight instructor who has flown around the world on his own, in ten days.
XAGr TIL that noted astronomer Tycho Brahe had a pet moose that loved to drink beer. So much so that one night the moose was so drunk it fell down stairs to its death.
PYYae TIL that "Mum" in the saying "Mum's the word" is a Middle English word, meaning "Silence"; derived from the "mummer" who does pantomime and just acts without saying anything
7QEr TIL The bomb squad in Bristol UK once blew up a suspicous box which contained leaflets on what to do if you find a suspicous package