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TIL Curly from the Three Stooges suffered from social anxiety, alcoholism, and took solace in befriending stray dogs.

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Eg5K7 TIL that laughter is a universal language! A study found that even babies as young as six months can recognize different types of laughter.
QN7VL TIL Cool Whip contains Sorbitan Monostearate, a synthetic wax that is sometimes used as a hemorrhoid cream but also one of the magical substances that keep Cool Whip from turning to liquid over time in the fridge
LkrGv TIL that a BA pilot named Tim Lancaster in 1990 was sucked out of the cockpit. His crew held on to him. Lancaster lived to tell the tale.
rkG1 TIL that Iron Sky (the film about Moon Nazis) made over half of its box office gross in Germany
E1Gyd TIL in 1952 a chemist was helping out a milk truck driver complaining about the smell of rotten milk in his truck by extracting oils from evergreen trees. 2 years later he patent his “odor-destroying, air-perfuming substances,” invention shaped like a little tree with a string attached to it.