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TIL in 1984, to prove to people that leprosy is difficult to catch through close contact, Pope John Paul II kissed a number of lepers in a South Korean leper colony.

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6ErK8 TIL An elixir containing cocaine from the coca leaf and caffeine from the African kola nut was marketed in Atlanta. It was sold as a brain tonic recommended as a medication for headaches, alcoholism, morphine addiction, abdominal pain, and menstrual cramps. This elixir, appropriately named Coca-Cola
WkKE8 TIL That The US Government Literally Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition
epmYL TIL that NASA bombed the moon in 2010
4kvoJ TIL that Jackie Robinson so loathed the idea of playing outside of New York City that he accepted a Vice President of Personnel position at another iconic New York institution, the Chock Full o’Nuts coffee chain, instead of moving with the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
16gdD TIL Skunks don't hibernate, but instead enter torpor; Mating season is Feb to March...