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TIL Armadillo shells are capable of deflecting bullets. A Texan man who tried to shoot an armadillo found himself in the hospital after the bullet bounced back off the animal and hit him in the face.

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P1JYG TIL "Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen" wasn't just a nonsense ditty but was the theme song of a national organization started by the Hearst newspaper chain, and had 578,000 members at it peak in 1937
loMnN TIL that Helium (He) is the only element on the periodic table that was not discovered on Earth. It was found when analyzing the sun’s spectrum, hence its name which comes from the Greek Titan of the sun, Helios.
nMgP TIL that George Washington Carver did not actually invent peanut butter. Peanut butter has been around since as early as the Aztecs.
Oooa1 TIL that 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd was banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education under the apartheid regime.
nVe7 TIL The US drank 48 gal. of coffee per person in 1948, but today only drinks 23. Partly due to soft drink companies marketing sugary sodas as healthy, and coffee as a poison that caused heart disease and birth defects in the 1970s. Soda is now a leading cause of diabetes and obesity.