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TIL that only between 45 and 85% of people experience goosebumps or chills in response to emotionally moving music, etc.

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6ElkX TIL Willem Kieft, leader of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, ordered an attack on a native village after some pigs have been stolen from a colonist's farms. They later determined that the pigs were actually stolen by fellow colonists.
Oo9K6 TIL a slave was indicted for waging war against the state and was later sentenced to be hanged for treason. Two dissenting judges argued that a slave, being a noncitizen, could not commit treason. He was later pardoned.
ZyDQ TIL Vatican City is unable to join the European Union because the EU requires that all member states must be free market democracies.
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vP6pr TIL the actual phrase is "You've got another THINK coming" and we've all been saying it wrong for years.