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TIL the human Coronavirus causes approximately 15% of cases of the common cold

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nPbd TIL: After Jesse James’ death in 1882, his mother bought many second hand guns, and would sell them claiming them to have belonged to Jesse, leading many people to believe they owned a gun that had belonged to the infamous outlaw
VrWZ TIL a Catholic priest was strangled and stomped to death while serving a prison sentence for sexually molesting over 130 children in the Boston area.
rNKP0 TIL that American voice actor Wayne Allwine, who holds the record for the longest-running actor to play Disney’s Mickey Mouse at 32 years, was also married to the actress who voiced Minnie Mouse
jPdX TIL that the French Foreign Legion allows you to enlist with a fake identity, allowing members to effectively start their lives over.
Ldvv TIL in 2009, a woman filed suit against PepsiCo after discovering that the crunchberries in a Cap'n Crunch cereal had not in fact been real fruit. The case was thrown out, with the judge remarking that to do otherwise would “ignore all concepts of personal responsibility and common sense”.