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TIL armadillos can carry leprosy, and in rare cases can transmit it to humans

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NvyQ TIL of Balloonfest ‘86, a publicity stunt where the United Way of Cleveland released 1.4 million balloons over the city. The balloons tied up highway and air traffic, caused lawsuits seeking millions in damages, and interfered with a Coast Guard search for two boaters who were later found drowned.
nZ7 TIL Lt. Worf was originally supposed to be a very minor character.
VBnNZ TIL that James Cox didn't know the value of his second-hand watch until someone admired his 'Paul Newman' style watch. It 𝘸𝘒𝘴 Newman's actual watch and Cox sold it for $15.5m + premium
X04RD TIL that the famous James Bond theme (first heard in 1962 in Dr. No) was source of a long running dispute between John Barry and Monty Norman. Norman had originally written a song for a musical adaptation of V. S. Naipaul's novel A House for Mr Biswas which was the inspiration.
EgDZo TIL Jim Brown, at Syracuse University, was named All-America in lacrosse in 1957, after which no other black player was voted All-America for 23 years.