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TIL playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.

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Ypg6d TIL that several Jews fled Germany to Shanghai before the outbreak of the war as it was the only city in the world you could legally land without a visa
R7D41 TIL of Reductio ad Hitlerum, a logical fallacy first mentioned in 1951. It occurs when an argument is said to be invalid because Hitler put forth the same argument.
oRZLo TIL There are no snake in New Zealand. Wild considering Australia has tons of venomous snake but NZ has none at all.
0w4Bj TIL Ewan McGregor, who famously played Obi-Wan Kenobi, has a brother - Colin McGregor who is a British RAF pilot and his call-sign is "Obi Two".
j6Eyp TIL that some of the earliest schools in Massachussets and Virginia in the 1640s were desegregated (Black students were taught alongside white students)