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TIL - More Facebook usage decreases Self-Esteem by r = -.20 which is a high correlation

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kJ9J5 TIL the NFL did a game in 1980 with no announcers based on a plan by Don Ohlmeyer. They made up for it with more pictures and graphics than ever before. Extra mics were added for sound, catching the varied background noise. They also asked the PA announcer to be more active and embellish his calls
Z880R When there's not enough of it, unwanted memories take over.
nKw9 TIL a term for gay used to be “Friend of Dorothy”. In the 80s , the Navy believed that there actually was some woman named Dorothy at the center of a massive ring of homosexual military personnel, so they launched an enormous and futile hunt for the elusive “Dorothy”.
4XbxJ TIL the first non-Neapolitan to win the World Pizza Cup in Naples had to escorted off the stage by police for fear of being attacked by the crowd.
GAZBj TIL that Josh Peck's birth was the result of an extramarital affair, with his father being a married co-worker of his mother.