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TIL that dopamine is not the pleasure molecule. Instead, it is responsible for motivation, which is why drugs that affect the dopamine system are so addictive.

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ZdM4 TIL Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to to remind them to have humility. It is in memory of a bridge that collapsed twice due to incorrect calculations involving iron.
rNwpx TIL Ryan from the OC (Ben McKenzie) majored in foreign affairs and economics at university and is an outspoken critic of cryptocurrency.
EgYYd TIL that comic book writer and huge Superman fan Mark Millar owns the stuffed remains of the white cat "Frisky" that Superman rescues out of a tree in the classic 1978 film.
E9WP TIL The man who was allegedly assaulted in a McDonald’s for wearing a cybernetic eye (Steve Mann) was also assaulted in 2004, and the attack also damaged the memory buffer of his device and stored images of the attacker.
mAey TIL of the Rainforest Trust, which buys acres of forest using donations and permanently protects them. They have already protected 11,500,000 acres.