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TIL 3-5% of general population are neurological incapable of deriving pleasure from music.

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WkjE9 TIL Cats are sometimes intentionally released into urban environments on the popular assumption that they will control the rat population; but there is little scientific basis for this. In fact, they end up harming the beneficial native wildlife.
Eg4Ap TIL : Tarzan actor and Olympic swimmer Johnny Weismuller and his brother were swimming in Lake Michigan when they saw a boat capsize. They pulled at least 14 people from the water, and 11 of those people survived.
4y8w TIL there is a medical phenomenon called Lazarus syndrome, which is the spontaneous return of circulation after failed attempts at CPR. Some patients are known to make a full recovery.
N7YLN TIL about the Rainman Twins. Kay and Flo are the only identical twin autistic savant sisters to exist.
Z8KOa TIL that in the needles of the Pinus flexilis live bacteria that are capable of fixing nitrogen from the air.