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TIL playing Tetris after experiencing a traumatising event helps to prevent the development of traumatic memories, thus making flashbacks from PTSD much less severe

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kOwx5 TIL Rutka Laskier, a Jewish girl from Poland who died in the Nazi Auschwitz death camp at the age of 14, wrote a diary describing her experiences, and her diary was brought to light and published in 2006
4dL5 TIL there is something called “the small penis rule” that authors use to avoid libel lawsuits: if a character is described as having a small penis, no one will want to sue and say the character is based on them.
Bg8VD Til about William of Occam, a priest in 14th century known for Occam's razor, accused the Pope of heresy while himself being accused of heresy for his teachings. William ended up under protection of the Holy Roman Emperor, who was crowning a rival Pope.
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