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TIL armadillos carry leprosy and caused a spike of leprosy cases in Florida in 2015

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40VJ TIL that in 2002, a fire at a girls’ school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killed fifteen girls. It has been strongly suggested that their deaths occured due to the involvement of the “religious police,” who prevented them from leaving the building because the girls were not wearing correct Islamic dress.
QJ56e TIL There exists such a thing as ketchup cookies
8ePKZ TIL a chimpanzee’s testicles are 1/3 the weight of its brain, compared to 3% for humans
WoZ4 TIL Frank Sinatra’s mother ran an illegal abortion business from her home.
lmwN TIL in 2010 rapper G. Dep turned himself into police and confessed to a 17 year old cold case murder, even though he was never suspected. He was “just trying to get things right between himself and God.” He was convicted on a second-degree murder charge and sentenced to 15-years to life in prison.