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TIL Approximately 95% of the world population has a natural immunity to leprosy

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m5Ey TIL a 1996 school shooting in Dunblane, Scotland, was the catalyst for Britain’s handgun ban.
J16x1 TIL that (former) Dutch footballer Dennis Bergkamp is afraid of flying to the point that he would take car/ferry/train to away games, or not travel at all. His Aviophobia gave him the nickname of the "Non-Flying Dutchman".
kEv7 TIL that Norway invests 60% of its oil fund of $855 billion in equity in non-Norwegian companies like Apple, Activision Blizzard and CBS Corporation
OGoj7 TIL that the Pope is the head of two separate and distinct sovereign entities. Vatican City, A Sovereign City State, and the Holy See, a sovereign juridical entity that acts as the Universal Catholic Central Government.
PYPJn TIL every Dec 25th, a town in Peru celebrates "Takanakuy" where men, women and children settle grudges from the past year by calling each other out and having a fist fight. Then everybody goes drinking to numb the pain and move on to a new year.