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TIL Some people are actually afraid of being too happy because they think something tragic is going to happen soon. This is known as Cherophobia

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d5wK TIL when a Pediatrician was involved in a fiery car wreck and was pinned in his burning car, among the fire rescue crew that arrived to save him was a man whose life the doctor had saved 30 years earlier as an infant.
KOG6G TIL The American flag was designed by a high school student !
6KgQ TIL that the mother of a teenager murdered in a 2005 racist axe attack forgave his killers: “Unforgiveness makes you a victim and why should I be a victim?… Hate killed my son, so why should I be a victim too?”
X4jX TIL that the ancient board game “Go” was being played at a tournament in Hiroshima in 1945, when the atomic bomb went off only 3 miles way. Though the building was damaged and people were injured, they finished the match later that same afternoon (white won)
XdXD TIL Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin’s manager, is reported to have secured 90% of gate money from concerts performed by them. His trust and loyalty to Led Zeppelin was such that his managerial arrangement with the band was via a gentlemen’s agreement