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TIL that, according to a 2007 study by the University of Southern Denmark, the secret to happiness is to have low expectations of life.

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mwOy TIL that in 1999 an Iraqi refugee fled to Australia and lived off their welfare system. Years later after he became successful, he walked into the local welfare office and tried to pay back every cent with an $18,000 check.
JYo6m TIL of the Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant in Michigan, which was the largest of it's kind in the world when completed in 1973. It only had a planned life of 30 years but is currently wrapping up a 15% upgrade that'll boost capacity by 15%.
YpA4G TIL that preschool shows where characters ask the viewers directly to participate rarely have conflict. An early episode of Dora The Explorer that retold the three little pigs traumatised preschoolers because the viewers felt morally responsible for saving the pigs' lives.
gMXv8 TIL that Shirley Temple, the child actor, was the 9th Ambassador to Ghana and the 27th Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
aw7lo TIL That when the Pope dies, he is smacked in the head with a gilded silver hammer to make sure he is dead.