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TIL that people who score high on ‘openness’ in psychological tests are the most likely to feel chills when they listen to music.

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MabV TIL that the Twenty-seventh Amendment was ratified after an undergraduate student at Texas University wrote a paper on the amendment. His instructor gave him a ‘C’ calling his idea “unrealistic”. The student then started a letter writing campaign to State Legislatures to get it passed.
0w5BR TIL Out of all the species that ever lived throughout all of Earth’s history, only a fraction of a percent have fossilized. Even fewer are discovered by humans. Most of life’s history will be forever unknown
R5lY4 TIL that medical students disproportionately come from affluent backgrounds
0wnaN TIL Burger King has the rights to use its name throughout the entire United States, with the exception of a 20-mile radius surrounding a totally unrelated restaurant, also called Burger King, in Mattoon, Illinois.
Yo7 TIL that Madonna has a sterilization team, charged with removing her DNA from performance venues.