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woMK1 TIL there is a term for phobia of other people’s opinion of you. It’s called Allodoxaphobia and it can be treated through therapy
x6EBb TIL Nichelle Nichols wanted to leave Star Trek for Broadway and informed the producer. That weekend, she met Martin Luther King who said she was a role model and Star Trek was the only show he watched his kids stay up to watch. She changed her mind, and when the producer learned why, he teared up
R5jR4 TIL that the phrase "Friends of Bill W" is a dogwhistle meaning members of Alcoholics Anonymous, after the organization's co-founder Bill Wilson.
xVpd5 TIL that in 18th and 19th century Europe, grave robbing became such a pressing issue that elaborate traps were invented by the graveyard workers to kill those who tried to dig up the recently buried corpses.
oB9dY TIL despite being no larger than 4cm, the female Darwin's Bark Spider can create a web bridge spanning up to 75 feet across rivers by releasing several strands of silk which the wind carries to the other side. She then reinforces it, allowing her to hunt for insects flying over the river.