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TIL there is an emeritus professor of psychiatry whose name is Professor Angst

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5Yk6D TIL Frederic John Walker aka Johnnie Walker was the most successful anti-submarine warfare commander during WWII credited with 17 U boats destroyed. Walker's last duty was protecting the fleet from U-boats during the Normandy landing before his natural death attributed to overwork and exhaustion.
rLMo TIL that in the Aboriginal Australian language of Ritharrŋu the polite response to a sneeze is “Klas bin gurruwan” meaning “You have released nose-water.” The sneezer then responds with “Bla mela nana!” meaning “I am dry now.”
7rlOp TIL that after receiving a bad review on his book The World Rose, author Richard Brittain tracked down the reviewer's name and place of work from Facebook, took a train from England to Scotland, went to the store where she was working, and attacked her with a wine bottle.
negMo TIL That the adjective "excruciating" comes from crucifixion; "out of crucifying."
YpRwP TIL Prince backed out of singing w/Michael Jackson on Bad, b/c of the line "your butt is mine" Prince said Now, who is going to sing that to whom? Cause [he] sure ain’t singing that to me, and I sure ain’t singing it to [him].”