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Brains are different in people who get the chills from music.

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Yp0YZ TIL Mark Hamill told Rian Johnson for the new Star Wars movie, “I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you’ve made for this character. Now, having said that, I have gotten it off my chest, and my job now is to take what you’ve created and do my best to realize your vision.”
OGON6 TIL that elephants can also communicate through seismic signals - sounds that create vibrations in the ground - which they may detect through their bones.
5Ygbk TIL that "the" was originally written as "þe" in old english. It was eventually abbreviated to "þͤ". Since "þ" looked similar to "y" in old english blackletter script, they were both mixed up. So, in old english, "Ye olde" was simply pronounced "The olde."
N7Lre TIL that Peter Glasser was granted a patent in 1973 for converting solar energy to electricity in outer space and beaming them back to earth as microwave energy using a large antenna (up to one square km).
5YO7D TIL most vodkas in the US are pretty much the same, with no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.