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TIL that using jet air hand dryers in toilets/restrooms dispersed 20 times more pathogens than regular hot air dryers. This number increases to 190 times when compared to paper towels.

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0XaM TIL that carnivorous animals will not eat other animals that have been struck by lightning
p8nWO TIL armadillos carry leprosy and caused a spike of leprosy cases in Florida in 2015
ZpWw4 TIL that ancient Egyptiants trained baboons to harvest fruits and palm nuts.
dDje9 TIL In the 16th century upper class women wore Visards when outside. The black, oval masks kept their faces from getting tanned, which was associated with the poor. Attached to it was a string with a glass bead a woman would hold in her mouth to keep the mask on.
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