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TIL: Socrates was concerned about the alphabet causing enfeeblement risk

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yoYv TIL during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, Herodotus recorded the first case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when a Greek named Epizelus became permanently blind without being hit.
Z84pp TIL that Lady Gaga admited that Kiss FM was the only radio station to correctly censor the song during the chorus when she replaces "poker face" with "fuck her face". Although not in the official lyrics, the switch can be heard every second repetition of the phrase during the chorus.
bMdE TIL – Sharks Get Suntans but Don’t Get Skin Cancer from Sun Exposure
JvmQ TIL Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s, went back to school in 1993 to get his GED because he was worried that his success as a high school dropout might convince some children to quit school.
LYX9 TIL that California, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have ruled that “Ladies’ Nights” are against the law because they fall under gender discrimination