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TIL our collective listlessness due to quarantine has a name (different from ennui)

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a86Pb TIL about Hans Redl, who lost his left arm in World War II in 1943. He went on to compete in the Wimbledon tennis championships after the war, advancing to the fourth round.
OGOy4 TIL Jesuit missionary in China Ferdinand Verbiest won an astronomy contest against the imperial court's top astronomer. His Chinese opponent was exiled and Verbiest assumed the post. He renovated Beijing Observatory and designed what some claim to be the first ever car, among other inventions
16vMD TIL the man who wrote/sang the theme song to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was 1 of Buddy Holly's original "Crickets," wrote "I Fought The Law," and was a pallbearer for Buddy: Sony Curtis
OGyBR TIL that in 1996, it’s believed that a wasp built a nest in a Boeing 757’s airspeed sensor. Due to faulty readings, the plane crashed and killed all 189 people on board.
p8XGN TIL in 1993, actress Brigitte Nielsen was chosen to play She-Hulk in a live action film based on the Marvel Comics character. Publicity stills were taken for the movie but the project was canceled, never seeing the light of day.