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TIL that the type of music you listen to can change how you think.

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X8jE TIL that The Catholic Church who formerly denied Heliocentrism, today has its own observatory located just outside Rome. The observatory is fully supported by the Holy See and its staff double as research scientists and Jesuit brothers.