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TIL of Nishiyama onsen keiunkan, the longest running inn, founded over 1300 years ago

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gMNv8 TIL: There is a psychological state called “helper’s high” whereby giving produces endorphins in the brain that provide a mild version of a morphine high. Research has shown that helping others lights up the same part of the brain as receiving rewards or experiencing pleasure.
N9A8 TIL a blimp flying an entire week consumes the same amount of fuel as a 767 commercial jet uses to move away from the gate.
5n8r TIL Dan Rather was injected with heroin by a police officer, in a police station
R7Bm4 TIL there is an hermitage inside the crater of an inactive volcano in Spain
4LjJ TIL - there is a woman going around the world using human-power alone. She is rowing from Japan to Canada starting 0900 tomorrow, and it is all for charity.