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TIL climacophilia mean that you have a fetish for falling down stairs

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GYZWG TIL Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the Star Trek theme, never intending for them to be used. This got him 50 percent of the royalties.
aw4g0 TIL the brilliant chess Master, Jose Raul Capablanca, first learned what Chess was by watching his father play his friend. After two games, he understood how the pieces move and the objective. For the third game, he challenged his father and won. He was only four years old.
WNmY TIL slain American activist Rachel Corrie’s parents sued Israel for a symbolic one U.S. dollar in damages to make the point that their case was about justice for their daughter. In 2012, an Israeli court rejected their suit.
XEgLr TIL that up until 2016, there was a pool in the middle of nowhere out in the Mojave desert that anybody could go to.
yQpmw TIL that a smell can recall emotional memories better than any other sense. A sense of smell is also linked to overall psychological well-being.