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TIL Tetris leads to fewer intrusive memories when applied several days after a traumatic event

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gBkW TIL in World War 2, Audie Murphy’s best friend was killed by German soldiers who pretended to surrender. Murphy then single-handedly stormed a machine-gun-fortified house while taking heavy fire to attack his friend’s killers. He ended up wounding two, killing six, and taking eleven prisoners.
1am0X TIL DMSO, an organic solvent, has the unusual property that you can "Taste" it by touching it - actually, it directly triggers the nerves that normally react to taste.
W7GM4 TIL that Astronaut John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard the Gemini III mission in 1965. He offered it to his crewmate mid-flight, but they had to stash it quickly as floating crumbs threatened to interfere with the spacecraft's instruments.
R7xd9 TIL that if the 1980 U.S. hockey team had lost to Finland after the Miracle on Ice game, the Soviets would have won the gold medal
gMr04 TIL that the daughter of retired porn star Asia Carrera is a child prodigy, and enrolled in college at age 11.