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TIL only some people can physical chills from listening to music, and those people generally have the personality trait of being ‘open to experience’

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pwW8 TIL That other than humans, ravens are the only other animals that act silly when alone just for the sheer pleasure
1akL7 TIL that a unit of Donkey Power is a thing equalling 250 watts which is about a third of a Horse Power
YGJv TIL NASA engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons was the right number for her 7-day trip to space.
6nQX TIL of Neuroscientist Benjamin Libet’s idea of consciousness that is sometimes called “Free Won’t”: that our unconscious makes all our decisions for us, and the only free will we have is to “veto” its choices
e0wbJ TIL there's a stone age tribe of people untouched by civilization who kill you with arrows if you come near their island