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TIL that Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition

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4X8yb TIL that the percent of of a NCAA college athletes “going pro” (becoming a professional level player) is less than 2% for all sports, except men’s ice hockey (5.6%) and baseball (9.1%)
mxa0x TIL Chien-Shiung Wu's “Wu experiment” won Nobel prize, but it was given to her male colleagues, completely ignoring the work she put on it.
EgkK7 TIL that renaissance painter El Greco made an offer to the Pope to repaint the Sistine Chapel over Michelangelo's "Last Judgement"
ANOQB TIL: The villains in the first Sherlock Holmes (1887) story were a group of Mormons
4XJMR TIL 'Catastrophizing'. A cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion after a minor setback. When a situation is upsetting but safe, they still feel like they are in the midst of a huge crisis. Getting enough sleep can also help keep 'catastrophizing' in check.