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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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oB5bE TIL Continuous ingestion of Colloidal Silver [an alternative medicine] can cause skin to turn an irreversible blue/grey color - a condition called Argyria
gMmN4 TIL under Director J. Edgar Hoover, FBI agents were directed to seize all pornographic materials uncovered in their investigations and forward them to Hoover personally. He reportedly used them for his own titillation and as blackmail.
R7Pea TIL I wasn't the only one mishearing the song "Blank Space", as many people also thought Taylor Swift was singing "Lonely Starbucks Lovers" instead of "Got a long list of ex-lovers"
l7xjN TIL the images of space you see from space telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope are initially in black and white and the colors are later edited in by people.
9YNap TIL that executed labor leader and song writer Joe Hill had his ashes seized by the US federal government on Oct 8, 1917. The ashes were held for 71 years as they were seen as subversive