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TIL that playing Tetris after a traumatic event can reduce the number of flashbacks later experienced

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PYRKO TIL Kanō Jigorō, creator of judo, also served as the Japanese representative to many Olympics and had a pivotal role in securing Japan's bid for the 1940 Olympics. He was indifferent towards the inclusion of judo, however, as it was not "mere sport" but rather "a principle of life, art and science."
9vZM TIL: An orangutan named Sibu at a zoo in Apeldoorn, Netherlands rejected all attempts made for him to mate with female orangutans. He only exhibited sexual interest in his human female caretakers with a particular penchant for the blonde ones with tattoos.
xVv5b TIL Despite being apex predators, orcas do not see humans as prey and they are even docile to them in some circumstances. There are no modern reports of fatalities caused by wild orcas.
6v4m TIL in 1910, brothers Bud and Temple Abernathy traveled alone on horseback from their ranch in Oklahoma to NYC. Their cross-country journey took 74 days to complete, spanning 2000 miles. After arriving, they bought a car and drove back home. Bud was five years old at the time; Temple was nine.
yVkwM TIL that according to Guinness World Records, the largest church in the world is not Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Instead, it is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in the Ivory Coast, which measures 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) in area.