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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

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VxRp TIL that in Hindu astrology, if a woman has a negative mark on her horoscope that is believed to affect future marriage, she can marry a tree to transfer the bad luck to this ‘first’ marriage partner.
0wkEj TIL that James Eagan Holmes, the guy who committed the Aurora shooting during the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, was sentenced to 13 life sentences in prison, with an additional 3,318 years for rigging his apartment with bombs and 140 counts of attempted murder
69QeY TIL that that one song associated with clowns was called "Entry Of The Gladiators", and was intended to be a marching song.
woDQ1 TIL that matter was not proven to be stable until 1967
6aEJ TIL that a first class ticket on the Titanic cost $4,350 in 1912 which would be approximately $106,200 per person in today’s dollars