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

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4XQjJ TIL in 1963 biologist and animal psychologist James McConnell conditioned planarian flatworms to fear a bright light by electrocuting them. He would then grind up those flatworms and feed them to other worms who had not participated in the experiment. Those worms were afraid of the light.
JY9gj TIL after writing the original theme song to "Monk," Jeff Beal was fired and replaced with Randy Newman. After he won an Emmy for the original theme, he was hired back and they made an episode in tribute to him about a fan who was mad they changed the original theme song of their favorite show.
LdPZ TIL Hugh Trenchard, a British soldier in the Boer War, was shot in the chest and spine, becoming partially paralyzed. He took up bobsledding as a hobby, and after a major accident regained use of his legs.
9bZB TIL of Ken McElroy, the “town bully” of Skidmore, Missouri whose unsolved 1981 murder was witnessed by as many as 46 people
Xp16 TIL the largest bank heist in history was $1 Billion US Dollars stolen from a Central Bank just hours before the US began bombing Iraq. The weapon that made this heist possible was a note, signed by Saddam Hussein. It took over 5 hours to load the money onto the trucks.