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TIL about 50% of adults in France are infected with the toxoplasmosis parasite.

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VMENQ TIL of Chinese folklore's "Pixiu", a creature that was banished from the heavens for being unruly--; It was spanked by the Jade Emperor so hard that its butthole was sealed, leaving it cursed to a diet of gold, silver, and jewels but unable to expel any of it.
x6odw TIL that then-dictator of Panama Manuel Noriega had a pen-pal, a 10-year-old American girl named Sarah York, who first wrote to him because she liked his hat and ended up visiting the country with her family twice.
Pp4L TIL that Shingo, a small village in Japan, claims to be the burial place of Jesus Christ and his younger brother Isukiri
l5ZV TIL that the U.S. edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest of the series at 870 pages, but it is written in 11.5-point Adobe Garamond font. It would be even longer if it was in 12-point font like the others in the series.
oRPA7 TIL two Indian scientists discovered (and published in Nature) the Pion particles more than 5 years before the team led by British scientist C.F. Powell who was later awarded the Nobel prize for this discovery.