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TIL that Father's Day sees the most collect calls

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ne0YW TIL That Finland was ranked as the World's Happiest Country in 2019 by CNN
8akNP TIL that Lithium Chloride is the only other Chloride salt that tastes good.
WkomL TIL that Steve Guttenberg wanted to work with Ron Howard on Splash, but when he got turned down in favor of Tom Hanks, he quickly found his way into Police Academy. Ironically, the Police Academy producers had wanted Tom Hanks for the role that eventually went to Steve Guttenberg.
d8YOd TIL that a 1950s and 60s Greenwich Village street poet named Big Brown had an enormous influence on Kerouac and the Beats, Bob Dylan, and proto-Hip Hop with Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite) and The Last Poets. Dylan referred to his poems as "the best poetry I ever heard".
V5vD TIL a study conducted by the University of Queensland has concluded that “extreme” music - such as Heavy Metal - can positively influence those experiencing anger by regulating sadness and enhancing positive emotions