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TIL about "Erythrophobia", a fear about blushing, when my gf's cracked-out nurse decided to add that to her "health issues" when she mentioned she has anxiety.

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1ajk7 TIL that lacrosse is North America's oldest still-played sport, which was played by indigenous people in the 17th Century
pY6LZ TIL that Abebe Bikila won the 1960 Olympic marathon barefoot after he couldn’t find comfortable shoes, setting a world record and taking home the gold.
b6D7p TIL that China began developing nuclear weapons and nuclear submarines before they even had the infrastructure to mine uranium
nWyRB TIL That the Smoky Mountains are home to a temperate rainforest on a section of the mountains near Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Worldwide, this is a very rare ecosystem that is not experienced by many other locations on earth.
dDZdj TIL that Buridan's ass is a philosophical paradox about a donkey that is equally hungry and thirsty, standing midway between a bale of hay and a bucket of water. The donkey is unable to make any rational decision between the two, and thus, it dies of both hunger and thirst.