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TIL about Terror Management Theory (TMT), developed by Greenberg, Solomon, and Pyszczynski, which explores how awareness of mortality creates deep psychological anxiety, managed through escapism and cultural worldviews that give life enduring meaning

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xYKB TIL that the craving to eat non-nutritive things like ice, chalk and dirt is symptomatic of a condition/disorder called pica
ZGpB TIL: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was such a poor cook, that her husband “expelled” her from the kitchen and took charge of all cooking, despite traditional gender roles. When her husband died, the spouses of SCOTUS justices released a cookbook in his honor.
yQgJM TIL that Jorge Luis Borges, Blind Argentinean Author, unironically licked a library book once like Terezi Pyrope
Mn8A TIL of the Conch Republic; When Key West of Florida seceded from the United States and declared war in 1982, only to surrender one minute later and apply for $1 billion of foreign aid.
DNjD TIL that in 1951, MGM owed the dog who played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Not planning any more Lassie movies, MGM instead gave the rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog’s trainer, who spun it off into a TV show that ran for 19 seasons.