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TIL fear of the unknown is the driving force behind many anxiety disorders

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Evd TIL NASA invented invisible braces, scratch resistant lenses, and much more.
x6OB0 TIL that several people have been caught cheating on game shows throughout history. One of the most notable cases involved Charles Ingram, who cheated his way to winning the jackpot on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" by having an accomplice cough to indicate the correct answer.
a8O7o TIL that actor Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket, Stranger Things) turned down the lead role of Pete Mitchell in “Top Gun” (1986) as he grew up with siblings that served in the Vietnam war. Modine said: “There’s nothing sexy or romantic about war.” The role ultimately went to Tom Cruise.
NEZN TIL Joy Division’s iconic “Unknown Pleasures” album image is a representation of the radio signals from the first reading of a pulsar in 1967
rAO4 TIL that Katrin Himmler, grandniece of SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, has NOT refused to have children to end her great-uncle’s “bloodline”, because she believes the idea of good or evil being passed through “bloodlines” is itself a reflection of Nazi ideology.