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TIL that you can contract Leprosy from armadillos

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l7e5 TIL that during prohibition, solid grape concentrate was sold with the warning message, “After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine.”
7rONp TIL Charlie Day has worn the same pair of sneakers for every episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
4nNN TIL that after the film Top Gun was released, enlistment into the Navy more than tripled. The Navy even set up recruitment booths inside theaters showing Top Gun.
e0Pok TIL 37% of job applications are submitted on Tuesday, more than any other day, because people hate their job most when they have to return to work on Monday
LPkp TIL that in 1976 Olympic relay the flame was transmitted as a radio signal from Greece to Canada, triggering a laser beam to relight the fire.