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TIL that the Lyme disease bacteria is actually transmitted from mice to ticks. And that humans have greatly contributed to outbreaks by causing forest fragmentation and killing predators.

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wYXE TIL that Leonardo Decaprio was all lined up to play Patrick Bateman in American Psycho but the author decided he was too young last minute.
YpGMG TIL: From AD 755-766, the An Lushan Rebellion consumed the Tang Dynasty in China. Modern estimates suggest ~13 million died (5% of the world's population at the time) from the conflict and subsequent societal collapse
epDaJ TIL about Godwin's law that states that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope) the probability of a comparison to Nazis approaches.
yQDA8 TIL Glaucoma is almost always caused by too much pressure inside one or both eyes. People don’t typically experience symptoms until the optic nerve has already been damaged and glaucoma usually occurs later in life, but it can happen at any age
QNE6k TIL in June 2019 Germany taxed sanitary products at 19% and books at 7%, so a company started packaging and selling Tampons as books at the 7% tax rate and there was nothing authorities could do about it.