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TIL it's likely over 95% of people cannot catch leprosy, even if exposed to the Mycobacterium leprae bacteria

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jZLN TIL raccoon semen is a natural hallucinogen (containing DMT and mescaline)
wNKW TIL that there is no “garbage island” made up of floating plastic in the ocean. While there are particles of micro plastic, the island(s) as such is an urban myth.
gr6mb TIL It is generally accepted that the first real high five was done by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on October 2, 1977.
ZKGQ TIL the Tempest Prognosticator was a device that kept 12 leeches inside small bottles. They attempted to climb out of the bottles when a storm was approaching, causing a bell to ring. The number of times the bell was struck indicated the likelihood of a storm.
P1EdG TIL that stargardt disease makes the center of your vision blind, making you only being able to see the sides