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TIL Fake smiling causes real happiness

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gMLDA TIL There are more people in slavery today than at any other time in history.
gMJVA TIL that after Reagan saw the nuclear war film THE DAY AFTER (1983) he wrote in his diary, "It’s very effective & left me greatly depressed. [We have] to do all we can to have a deterrent & to see there is never a nuclear war." He later said it directly inspired the INF Treaty with the USSR.
4XYOb TIL Despite widespread belief by the public and many clinical psychologists, repressed memory remains unproven and highly controversial.
DOPr TIL that British band Jethro Tull initially had trouble getting repeat bookings, so they changed their name frequently. The name “Jethro Tull” stuck because they were using it the first time a club manager invited them back.
LQlMZ TIL Willard Scott, long time NBC figure, lost his gig as Bozo the Clown, then went on to create and be the original Ronald McDonald that we recognize today.