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TIL that a study was done on the average happiness level of country and Nigeria was first, Mexico was second

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O0Je TIL Kevin Warwick is the first cyborg ever by getting wires surgically implanted to his nervous system
dD84Q TIL Jacqueline Susann became the first writer in publishing history to have three consecutive #1 novels on the New York Times Best Seller list. The first being "Valley of the Dolls" 1966, then "The Love Machine" 1969, followed by "Once Is Not Enough" 1973.
oBE7r TIL the role of Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles was nearly played by Viggo Mortensen. Molly Ringwald recalled flying to New York to perform the final Jake/cake scene with potential male leads. “Michael Shoeffling did not kiss me during the audition, Viggo Mortensen did...He made me weak in the knees."
4XbNo TIL there is a Live Oak Society composed entirely of live oak trees. The current president of the Live Oak Society is the Seven Sisters Oak, and is at least 500 years old.
rN7Lw TIL in the Pacific Theatre of WWil, the U.S. Army & Navy utilized ships called “BRL”s (Barge, Refrigerated, Large) whose entire purpose was to make & supply ice cream to increase troop morale. Each barge cost $1M, could produce 10gal of ice cream every 7min, and could store up to 2000gal.