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TIL teenagers take more risk not only due to an undeveloped frontal cortex, but also due to higher dopamine response that provides greater rewards for novel activities

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W9vL TIL There’s an individual whale, known as the 52-hertz whale, which sings at a frequency unique among whales. It’s also thought to be the loneliest whale in the world.
9YV8B TIL that Snowball the cockatoo has recently shown ground-breaking evidence that other animals besides humans can recognize a musical beat and create their own dance moves
yZM TIL There is an island in the South Pacific that is entirely uninhabited. 47.23 km² (18.24 sq mi) Pagan island.
4XrKR TIL contrary to the popular myth that if a horse's legs were raised on a statue, the rider died in battle, there is no correlation between good position and manner of mortality
7roMO TIL There are at least 7 "Frozen Conflict" zones in the former soviet union, which are unrecognized states created during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992. Although over 6 million people live in these areas, these countries have no official status and are not member of the UN