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TIL playing in the dirt probably makes us happier, because there is a bacteria in most soil that functions as an antidepressant.

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GRX4 TIL the familiar ‘valentine’ logo at the beginning and ending of 'I Love Lucy’ wasn’t added until the show went into syndication. The show was originally sponsored by Philip Morris, and began with Lucy and Ricky dancing around a huge pack of cigarettes.
VNk4 TIL: Some lakes are stocked with fish by dropping hundreds of fish out of an airplane flying over.
wLMW1 TIL Hitler took amphetamines to stop farting. Some historians think that's why he became increasingly erratic toward the end, he was in withdrawal.
9gZm TIL Harrison Ford has had a species of spider (Calponia harrisonfordi) and a species of ant (Pheidole harrisonfordi) named after him for his conservation work.
R7XZ8 TIL that the reason many Hanna Barbera characters had collars and ties was to save money on animation. Separating the head and body allows the body to remain static while the head is animated. This made it so a seven minute cartoon only required around 2,000 drawings, as opposed to the usual 14,000