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TIL the chills experienced when listening to music is a result of the brain releasing dopamine – this occurs when a piece of music moves you, or when in anticipation of the peak moment during a song.

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WRo9 TIL Dave Grohl filled in for Cage the Elephant for multiple shows after their drummer’s appendix burst
ADKbo TIL the rainbow lorikeet is a colorful species of parrot native to the forests of eastern Australia. Reportedly, they love showering and sometimes sleep upside down. As intelligent birds, they get easily bored and love to play with noisy toys. When they eat fermented fruit, they can get quite drunk.
4vDa TIL that due to a perfect combination of depth, altitude, and temperature bodies that have drown in Lake Tahoe rarely surface or decompose.
nWkK9 TIL in 1838, France invaded Mexico because of the looting of a French-owned bakery in Mexico City, leading to the Pastry War which resulted in a blockade of Mexican ports until diplomatic negotiations resolved the conflict.
xV6Gb TIL that in 1975, Gary Dahl invented the pet rock. He took rocks from a Mexico beach and, over the course of only half a year, would sell each rock for $4, making himself over $1.5M.