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

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6EdnY TIL that New York City is built on an ancient mountain range so old that it has eroded away entirely. Skyscrapers stand where the bedrock is strongest but can't be built where it isn't. That means the tall buildings mark the spots where the mountains once stood.
yQXPl TIL that in 1998, the cast of Half Baked and the cast of Dirty Work shared a hotel, leading to Bob Saget's cameo in Half Baked
E00o TIL that cells from fetuses can migrate into the brains of their mothers and a son’s DNA can shows Up in his mother’s Brain.
R75X7 TIL Teenagers biological sleep cycles are 3 hours behind: Meaning waking a teenager up at 6 am is equivalent to an adult at 3 am!
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