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TIL that spicy food tolerance is genetic

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E1Ag0 TIL when music gives you chills it is called frission, and it only happens to about 50% of people. Studies have linked frission to dopamine release, and have found that those that experience frission are more likely to have more intense emotions.
4kXjw TIL about ring species, when a bunch of groups who live in a circle or ring can crossbreed with another group next to them, except for the two end points of the ring, whose species cannot cross breed due to being too distant.
D06V TIL William Howard Taft served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his Presidency ended, he is the only person to have held both titles.
4kyl6 TIL in ancient India the Krosa, a Sanskrit word, was a unit of measurement defined by the distance at which a cow's moo is heard.
N7JeN TIL: In 1961, 152 Black Cats Tried Out For The Title Role In The Movie Adaptation Of Edgar Allen Poe’s 1843 Short Story The Black Cat