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TIL that Stockholm syndrome is not a real syndrome, and cannot be found in any clinical psychology textbooks (DSM-5 etc). The term has achieved its widespread fame almost solely due to media oversimplification of complex psychological phenomena.

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dD9j7 TIL of Porfiro Rubirosa, one of the world's biggest playboy, who was romantically involved with the daughter of the dictator of his country, the queen of Iran, and the two richest woman at the time and many other women.
4XeG6 TIL that “Idaho” was not a Native American word as originally thought but rather a made-up word. “To his horror, he found that he had been the victim of a practical joke. [He]learned, to his surprise, that the name did not mean, "gem of the mountains"...In fact, it did not mean anything at all.”
ZQ4a TIL that most Icelandic people believe in elves or ‘hidden people’ and to this day they still stop construction work, if they hit a hidden people home.
D1LAP TIL There was an Anti-Mask League, an organization formed to protest the requirement for people in San Francisco to wear masks during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
b6XeE TIL the current and the first president of Barbados is a black woman (Sandra Mason) after Barbados ceased to be a constitutional monarchy and became a republic and the current prime minister of Barbados is also black woman (Mia Mottley)