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TIL the psychological process of 'reliving trauma' or 'debriefing' has no known positive effects, and can add to the harm caused by the initial trauma

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jjVQ TIL that NASA scientists have discovered a way of creating a “Warp Drive” that may one day lead to faster than light space travel…
e04vE TIL In the 2011 UK Census, nearly 177,000 people identified their religion as ‘Jedi Knight’.
p8WlZ TIL that X% of Y is the same as Y% of X, so for example 32% of 50 is the same as 50% of 32, which is 16.
ElyW TIL when George R.R. Martin was young, he wrote stories about a mythical kingdom populated by his pet turtles. The turtles died frequently in their toy castle, so he finally decided they were killing each other off in “sinister plots”.
J1861 TIL that William Higinbotham, creator of the first video game (Tennis for two), also developed the ignition mechanism of the first atomic bomb.