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e0a9k TIL People with depression feel better after listening to sad music
JYODB TIL the plants we know as "peppers" (chili, bell, etc.) are only called that because Christopher Columbus thought they tasted like black pepper when he first tried them in the Caribbean.
6EkkZ TIL The two most common recorders that beginners learn to play are soprano and alto. The majority of Baroque sonata literature for the "flute" was actually composed for the alto recorder
loZkr TIL that Marcos Alonso has a higher goals per minute average than Roberto Firmino in the EPL
kOlA7 TIL there are dozens of pyramids in China. Built across the country at different sites during different times, most are believed to be mausoleums for emperors.