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TIL only about 50% of people get chills from music

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woXr1 TIL Airplane toilets are coated with teflon so your poop doesn't stick when it's vacuumed down the toilet. Minimal water is used.
xGp7 TIL only 9 US military officers have held the 5-star rank. It was created during WW2 because US officers were often commanding allied officers of higher rank. A 5-star officer cannot retire and remains on active duty for life. It was retired in 1981 on the death of General Omar Bradley.
ZpR74 TIL that Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
9YAom TIL Ray J continues to make $90,000 every 3 months from his sex tape with Kim Kardashian. It is the biggest selling sex tape ever, a title that was previously held by Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape.
gMkmA TIL that singer Kirsty MacColl died a hero. While in Mexico, a speedboat was heading right at her and her son. She managed to push her 15 year old son out of the way just in time, but was runover in the process. She was killed instantly.