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TIL that the fear of success which prevents the realization of one's potential is called the Jonah Complex.

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oROpE TIL: In 1965, psychology researchers would often lie to elementary school teachers to conduct their experiments. Like this one, called the Pygmalion effect by Rosenthal and Jacobson.
9Yd0M TIL the smoke you see when blowing out a candle isn't smoke at all, but paraffin wax vapour
kJxE5 TIL that Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesar’s, quietly paid for Rosa Parks’ rent after learning she had been robbed and assaulted in her home at the age of 81 in 1994. He helped her move to a safer neighborhood and continued to pay her rent until she died in 2005.
E15P7 TIL Woodstock Festival took place in the middle of the 68/69 Hong Kong Flu pandemic
woPEP TIL Greeks put up protective magic hermai - stone block bearded male heads with genitals "at the appropriate height" - marked crossings, boundaries, outside houses and at public buildings, and were also signposts with distances. Outside Athenian homes hermai were rubbed with olive oil for good luck.