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TIL of a condition called Cherophobia (fear of happiness) where sufferers avoid experiences that invoke positive emotions or happiness

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epg7L TIL 7 Up Originally Had Lithium And Was Called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"
VMZLQ TIL about Cahokia, the largest pre-Columbia city in what is now the United States. Its pyramids and earthen mounds stood near present-day East St. Louis, IL. Around the year 1050, it had 30,000 people, making it larger than London or Paris at the time. It was abandoned by 1400.
J1mVm TIL When The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered in 1961, Mary Tyler Moore was 24 years old, portraying Laura Petrie, who was 17 at the time of her marriage to Rob Petrie. Dick Van Dyke was 35, playing Rob, whose age was implied to be in his early 30’s.
QJolp TIL that to promote Man of Steel (2013), Warner Bros paid a professor to create a Superman-centric sermon outline for pastors in order to appeal to Christian viewers.
V9gB TIL that around the world, an estimated 250,000 children—some as young as 7—are involved in armed conflicts.