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TIL that armadillos can carry leprosy that can spread to humans

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M7Oa7 TIL that Scottish inventor Robert Anderson created the first true electric car in the 1830s
kJl0e TIL that Michelangelo spent two months hiding in the underground chamber while evading a death sentence ordered by the Pope
9YRjQ TIL in Mexico prison breaking is not illegal. The legal system notes that all citizens have a fundamental desire to be free, so you cannot be punished from attempting to escape jail. If no other laws are broken, those who are caught must only return to jail to complete the rest of their sentence.
bbWN TIL in 2001 a Los Angeles man, upset at the poor exit signage on the 110 Freeway, modified an overhead sign under the cover of night. Caltrans investigated it, approved of the workmanship, and left it up for eight years.
woN61 TIL that in 1998, Vatican City had the highest murder rate in the world because of one double homicide