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TIL there’s evidence that trees communicate via a vast, underground network of fungal connections similar to a brain

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78QyZ TIL that only between 45 and 85% of people experience goosebumps or chills in response to emotionally moving music, etc.
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GxK4 TIL that in 1986, a Soviet pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could land the airplane blind, with curtained cockpit windows. He crashed the plane into the landing strip, killing 70 out of 94 passengers and crew.
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