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

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WX5o TIL Mattel made and sold Wonder Woman’s “invisible jet” as a collectible. The package was an empty plastic shell with nothing inside, and was originally intended as an April Fool’s joke.
PYeXn TIL Nietzsche criticised antisemitism and German nationalism, believing in his final years he was "a pure-blooded Polish nobleman, without a single drop of bad blood, certainly not German". He claimed he and Germany were great thanks to "Polish blood in their veins" and wanted "all antisemites shot"
aZD9 TIL that in Russia, Jews were believed to have a a secret vegetable they eat so they don’t become alcoholics. Anti-semitism was justified because they refused to share their magic vegetable
d8JwK TIL that the original shape of the PlayStation 3 was inspired by Sony's "Spider-Man" film font, which is also why the PlayStation 3's name font was the same.
BrQNd TIL The word ‘orange’ was used as the name of the fruit for around 200 years before being used as a colour.