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

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AR04 TIL the US govt donated two spy satellites to NASA in 2012. Both were more powerful than Hubble and were set to be decommissioned because they were deemed obsolete.
X09bk TIL the "world's most photographed tree," the Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach in California, is held up by wires and cement
W7a79 TIL: Early iPhone users in the US who did not specify a billing preference were mailed incredibly detailed bills of around 50-100 pages long from AT&T, itemizing every data transfer including background traffic for email, web browsing, and text messaging. One woman even got a 300 page bill.
Zpd1D TIL adult film star Houston had her labia surgically trimmed in 1999 to enhance her “look” on camera, then reportedly auctioned the removed tissue online for $50,000. The buyer? Unknown.
DNxv TIL that Anthony Bourdain once said that the most disgusting thing he had ever eaten was a Chicken McNugget