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TIL People in least religious countries are happier

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1pr8 TIL in 1994, Howard Stern talked a caller out of jumping off the George Washington Bridge as a nation listened
R7VkQ TIL- Dr Heimlich at aged 96 saved choking woman with manoeuvre he invented at his retirement home. It was the first time he had ever had to use his maneovre in an emergency.
D1n0v TIL that the Boeing 747 prototype had a consistent problem with engines randomly exploding. The test pilot took the president of the engine manufacturer for a ride and blew up engines one by one until he was nervously asked told to stop. The problem was promptly fixed.
Rvl6 TIL the person who wrote “The Internet is for Porn” also wrote “Let It Go.”
OGaGa TIL the crews of Apollo 11, 12, and 14 had to spend 3 weeks in quarantine after returning to Earth because of the possibility that they might spread contagions from the moon