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

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VBOrB TIL that a movie is granted a PG-13 rating if the word fuck is only used once and not in the context of sex
R5lL1 TIL that in 1947 Canada raised the price of chocolate bars from 5¢ to 8¢ without much notice. Children protested against this 62.5% increase throughout the country, and approximately 200 stormed the legislature building of British Columbia.
m66O TIL that because of different bacteria living on man/woman’s body, man’s sweat smells like cheese and woman’s smells like onions.
69bp8 TIL that in the original treatment for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Rufus was a 28-year-old high school sophomore who lived in a van with his pet dog.
W89A TIL: of the post of “Queen’s Guide to the Sands”. The holder is the official guide to crossing the dangerous mudflats of Morcambe Bay, UK. Paid £15 a year but is given a 700yo cottage to live in, the current holder is Cecil Robinson since 1963