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TIL that the reason you get chills from a fever isn't because you're physically cold. It's the brain setting your body temp higher to fight the infection and tricking your body into thinking the temperature is wrong so the chills can help increase heat.

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7oNO TIL that initially morphine was used as a cure against opium addiction and later heroin was used as a cure against morphine addiction and even later methadone was used as a cure against heroin addiction!
a1bo TIL that J.K. Rowling can go to Universal Studios and tell them to change anything about the Harry Potter area if it is incorrect, not accurate to the book, or even if she doesn’t like it. (Link is contract)
Mv0A TIL: there’s a town in Australia where half of its population live in caves carved underground to stay away from the heat.
epMXb TIL Mike Myers originally gave Shrek a Canadian accent but found it too scary. Wanting Shrek to sound more vulnerable, he switched to a Scottish accent. This change required re-animating the film, costing over $4 million, or 10% of the entire budget.
oBEdL TIL John Travolta dated a woman 18 years older than he was. She died of breast cancer a year into their relationship and he helped raise her son, then 3.