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TIL the vast majority of people are unable to control their goosebumps.

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dD8N8 TIL that mice have a resting heart rate that ranges from 500-700 bpm, while a normal person is only 60-100
D8RV TIL While filming Return of the Jedi in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, crew members in bright-coloured vests stood near Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) so he wouldn’t get shot by someone mistaken him for Bigfoot
6E7D8 TIL that one of the documents the US Constitution is predominantly modeled after is the Iroquois Constitution, an extremely sophisticated and logically consistent document that governed the 5 Native American tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca people.
W7XdL TIL the oldest recorded prisoner was an Australian convict named Billy Wallace who died in July 1989, a month away from being 108.
5Y7xk TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant, who was inspired by Chinese food to put a South American ingredient on an Italian dish, that went on to be most popular in Australia