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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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KZJG TIL after the New York Rangers’ goalie suffered an injury during a 1928 Stanley Cup Final game, the Rangers’ coach was forced to play goalie for the rest of the game. He saved 18 out of 19 shots, and the Rangers went on to win the game in overtime.
Rwnj TIL that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (worth approx. $850b) excludes Wal-Mart from its investment portfolio because of serious or systematic human rights violations.
awWao TIL some chips have trillions of transistors, or IBM's supercomputer, for example, has over 73 trillion transistors. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/12/07/the-first-computer-chip-with-a-trillion-transistors
pYG4O TIL there’s a breed of cat called the Lykoi (Greek for “wolf”). They lack undercoats, the result of a naturally-occurring genetic mutation in feral cats, which along with sparse rear guard hair and a unique hair coloration makes them look like werewolves.
Z866v TIL when Gandhi's wife came down with pneumonia, he denied her penicillin, even though doctors said it would cure her; he insisted the new medicine was an alien substance her body should not take in. She died from it in 1944. Just years later, he took quinine to treat his own malaria. He survived.