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

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ZpXko TIL the Three Gorges Dam in China slowed down the Earth’s rotation and shifted the pole positioning due to the 10 trillion gallons of reservoir water
dYwr TIL that the Greeks had proposed heliocentrism 2000 years before Copernicus: Aristarchus arranged the planets in order of distance from the Sun, concluding that it could not be in orbit around the Earth because a body that large could not orbit a body so small.
kO8g5 TIL that some hospitals now have a "No Nicotine" policy for new hires, which includes not only cigarettes but dip, vape, nicotine patches and gum.
9wnO7 TIL That the first documented 'hysteria' reaction to a music performance, wasn't with Elvis, who is most often remembered as the initiator, but was Frank Sinatra in 1944 when 30000 fans took over Times Square NY in what became known as 'The Columbus Day Riot'.
p8w88 TIL the voices schizophrenics hear are actually their own subvocal speech. This is why it's so common for schizophrenics to believe their minds are being read.