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TIL The bacteria that cause leprosy are obligate intracellular parasites and therefore can't be cultured in vitro

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W7wQ8 TIL that after being thrown off a chairlift by a mentally ill man the victim waited 7 hours to report the crime because he didn’t want it to ruin his powder day
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69Agl TIL France hadn't become a linguistically unified country (under French) until the end of the 19th century. By 1914, almost all French could read and understand the national language, though 50% still understood or spoke a regional language of France compared to today's 10% of French who can do that
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