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

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0g45 TIL that the palm plant most commonly known as the GIVE AND TAKE in Belize, Chrysophila argentea, Has an anti-coagulant poison in it’s needle like bark. The only known remedy to stop the bleeding and infection is the sap located underneath the bark itself.
g1OW TIL: in WWI US Navy painted complex patterns of geometric shapes on ships as “dazzle camo”
Q0xa TIL When a contestant leaves Hell’s Kitchen, they are taken for a psychiatric evaluation and then go to a house where they are pampered.
Yponv TIL out of the 14 dot-com companies that advertised during the Super Bowl in 2000, only 4 are still active today.
OgDY TIL Emperor Napoleon III of France in an ostentatious display of wealth had a set of plates made from aluminum that was only used at state banquets by only the most important guests. Less important guests had to settle using those of gold.