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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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D1arp TIL that first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, wrote a farewell letter to his wife before he went to space. He survived the mission but his wife would receive the letter 7 years later after Gagarin died in a plane crash during routine training.
GA1Q4 TIL a 2003 publication by the Infectious Diseases Society of America noted that The Andromeda Strain is the "most scientifically accurate of all films of this [killer virus] genre ... it accurately details the appearance of a deadly agent, its impact, and the efforts at containing it.
VZkm TIL: When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, a Massachusetts church feared he would impose his French “religious infidelity” on the country – so their pastor delivered a “Mammoth Cheese” to the White House inscribed with a quote from Jefferson: “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”
5MQr TIL that the Queen of England sends out personalized congratulatory cards to fellow countrymen who reach their 100th and 105th birthdays, and every year thereafter. The same is done for couples celebrating their 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries, and every year thereafter.
X0OBD TIL of Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in America. Born in 1867, orphaned at 7 years old and widowed at 20, she made her fortune manufacturing cosmetics and hair care products