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TIL that Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

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NXvmJ TIL that a Peppa Pig episode was banned in Australia for saying there's no need to be afraid of scary-looking insects. In the episode the dad tells his daughter that spiders are "very very small" and "can't hurt you".
Z8bOR TIL the government of Italy gives its gluten-intolerant (Celiac disease) citizens a stiped of up to 140 euros per month to buy gluten-free food, and special vacation too
99bp TIL that the Hell’s Angels plotted to murder Mick Jagger in 1975. their attempt was thwarted by a storm that capsized the boat they were using to gain access to Jagger’s property.
4JYN TIL: A blonde, blue eyed Frenchman convinced 18th-C London that he was from Taiwan. He wrote a best-selling book about his “homeland” filled with bizarre facts, including a fake alphabet and language. He became the most famous “Asian” in England. In other words, the greatest troll of the 1700s.
d8X9E TIL of Dr. Mary Walker, the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor (and, then have it taken away, and then given back...)