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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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vPPpx TIL: Former NFL kicker Cole Ford once shot into Siegfried and Roy’s house because he blamed them for “dominance and unhealthy intimacy” with their animals.
QNN8E TIL Dr Seuss studied English at the University of Oxford, with a plan to eventually become a professor there but dropped out when he realized drawing was his only passion. He moved back to the US to become a cartoonist
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