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TIL exercise can "reduce the persistence of previously learned fear"

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x7Mo TIL that there was a proposed initiative to divide California into six different states. If passed, it would have created a new richest state and a new poorest state, both being adjacent to one another.
kO6Vd TIL that there is an ongoing dispute over ownership of the Budweiser trademark between two beer companies, one from the Czech Republic and one from the United States. The dispute has been ongoing since 1907 and has involved more than 100 court cases around the world.
OOjY TIL George Lucas’ oldest daughter is a winning-record MMA fighter
BgVRr TIL “Vincent” by Don McLean was Tupac’s favorite song, and his girlfriend played it as he was dying so it would be the last thing he heard
wE56 TIL native speakers of tone languages (such as Mandarin and Vietnamese) are much more likely to have ‘perfect pitch’ and can identify musical notes much more accurately than native speakers of non-tone languages, such as English.