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TIL recent studies show that "trigger warnings" or "content warnings" are ineffective and moreover may cause anticipatory anxiety and PTSD.

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O9dL TIL that Cuba is like a classic car time machine. Due to the U.S. Embargo in the 60’s, Cuba is filled with classic American automobiles that have been kept running by local mechanics
rRNOx TIL that chocolate bars used to cost 5c and were used as meal replacements. As a result, in the US a popular choice was aptly named "Nickel Lunch".
e0QJb TIL The $10,000 bill featuring the portrait of Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, was the highest denomination US currency ever to publicly circulate. A $100,000 bill featuring the portrait of Woodrow Wilson was issued, its purpose was to transfer funds between Federal Reserve Banks.
yVjb8 TIL of gamma-ray bursts, immensely energetic explosions that occur when a giant star implodes and becomes a black hole. It can release as much energy in a few seconds as the Sun will in its entire 10-billion-year lifetime. It may also have caused a mass extinction on Earth 440 million years ago.
p8KPQ TIL that in ancient Rome, wearing pants was considered barbaric as the "civilised" cultures of the Mediterranean didn't need them. As the Empire expanded north, the Romans would be forced to adopt pants, particularly those of Celtic design, lest they freeze their balls.