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TIL Tetris helps cope with trauma

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81kL TIL that the indigenous Athabaskans had a strict code of ethics towards plants and animals. For example, if a hunter kills a wolf, he should not touch it until he apologizes and explains that his family needs it.
xx4B TIL bowling originated as a religious ceremony. A stone was rolled at the Kegel, which represented the Heide (heathen), and those successfully toppling it were believed to have cleansed themselves of sin.
X0aeX TIL of the 1998 East Java Ninja killings, in which "ninjas" clad in all-black killed numerous people (many of which were notable religious leaders) suspected of "sorcery" after numerous cattle died mysteriously. In turn, villagers began killing anyone that suspiciously looked like a "ninja".
4kgR6 TIL William Bratton, who popularized the "broken windows theory" to curb crime, is the only person to have led the police departments of the two largest US cities — New York and Los Angeles.
dXKK TIL Kevin Bacon Pays Wedding DJ’s Not To Play the Footloose Theme