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TIL How mindfulness could help reduce certain types of dissociation, especially normative, not directly but through improvements in attentional concentration and emotional acceptance.

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X0kwD TIL there that there is a Township in Ontario which has 61 letters, as it consists of the names of every village and hamlet in its borders. Most Ontario Townships and forced-amalgamated rural towns simply use the name of one of the communities as the official legal name.
graKL TIL that 19 species of fern were named after Lady Gaga because they bear a distinct DNA sequence spelling GAGA and for "her [Lady Gaga's] fervent defense of equality and individual expression"
woyDW TIL Actor Sorrell Booke (Famous for his role "Boss Hog" on "Dukes of Hazzard") attended both Columbia and Yale, was fluent in 12 languages (including Japanese and Korean), and served as a US Army Intelligence Officer in the Korean War.
GALpG TIL about Ely Parker, a Seneca American who became an engineer, joined the Union Army, served on Grant's staff, drafted the terms of Lee's surrender, and was the first Native American to serve as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
5YLLp TIL that churches in Africa played a strong role in persecuting children in the name of witch hunting.