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TIL the United Arab Emirates seriously consider building an artificial mountain to change the climate

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yQ8rJ TIL that listening to music which we have an emotional attachment to, the body releases dopamine, resulting in goosebumps, or "chills." The stronger the attachment, the more dopamine that is produced.
e0nZD TIL that Sloth from the Goonies played for several NFL teams before his acting career, was a raging drug addict, and died at 38.
gMDoA TIL: South African gamblers smoke endangered vulture brains for luck
pb84 TIL Russian scientist Alexandra Elbakyan created SciHub - a ‘Pirate Bay’ for scientific knowledge - and refuses to take it down while facing legal threats from the US
9j8B TIL that scientists have discovered a ‘lake’ in the Gulf of Mexico with water five times as salty that is highly toxic. For animals (and people) who swim into it, these toxic concentrations can be deadly. Only bacterial life, tube worms, and shrimp can survive