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TIL the chills experienced when listening to music is a result of the brain releasing dopamine in anticipation of the peak moment during a song.

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VMWlD TIL Joe Trombino was an armored truck guard who was seriously wounded in a 1983 armed robbery, was at the epicenter of the 1993 WTC bombing just hours before it went off, and eventually died on 9/11 when the first tower collapsed on him during a delivery
x6k61 TIL that the radioactive noble gas, Radon, is present in the soil and in the water. While flowing upward, it accumulates in our homes, since they trap it inside. It is estimated to cause 21000 death annually.
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