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TIL that armadillo shells can deflect bullets

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rR6J0 TIL most adults with autism spectrum disorder are unaware they have it until tested. Being diagnosed can lead to treatment and becoming a more socially comfortable person.
Gpdj TIL that in 1916 an amendment was proposed to the Constitution that all acts of war would be put to a national vote. Anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the US Army.
loR7N TIL during his reign in the 630s Caliph Umar was the first to appoint police forces to keep civil order.
MRQ8 TIL that in 1976 a janitor working at a Frito-Lay factory came upon some Cheetos with the cheese power missing after a machine broke on the assembly line, he took them home and put chili power on them and ‘Flamin’ Hot Cheetos’ were born.
R7w09 TIL of Thierville, France, unique in that there is no local war memorial. Starting from the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, through both World Wars, the First Indochina War (1946-54) & Algerian War (1954-62), all the soldiers from Thierville who took part in those conflicts came home alive.