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TIL A 2015 study conducted on Coupon usage had preliminary evidence to increase Oxytocin , reduce Stress, and improve overall Mood.

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pYZQb TIL that the last ship the legendary American frigate USS Constitution ever captured was an illegal slave ship named H. N. Gambrill. The 1853 seizing occurred while Constitution was serving as flagship of the United States Navy's anti-slave trading Africa Squadron.
xk0B TIL that as far back as 1928, Russia was building analog water computers that were used for highly complex computations, and remained in use up into the 1980’s.
8OX8 TIL that Nancy Reagan was known as the “Blowjob Queen” of Hollywood before marrying the future president of the US.
ZPNB TIL of Wolfgang Beltracchi, the most successful art forger of all time, who is famous not for making recreations of famous paintings, but for making originals in the style of famous artists, believable enough that hundreds of his works are on display in museums across the world.
xVer5 TIL John Travolta adapted L. Ron Hubbard's novel "Battlefield Earth" into a film directed by George Lucas' protégé. Travolta described it as "like Star Wars, only better!", however the film was a commercial and critical failure and grossed less than half its budget.