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TIL people can get leprosy from armadillos.

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5Y8Rn TIL that in 2001 TacoBell offered to give "one free taco" to every US customer if the core of the Soviet Mir space station hit a TacoBell target in the middle of the south Pacific ocean. The target read: "Free Taco Here" with a TacoBell logo emblazoned in the middle.
5YpRr TIL: In the 1930s, metallic paints were invented for cars. They were made with fish scales and it would take 40,000 herring to make a single kilo of paint.
prd4 TIL the Prime Minister of India’s salary is only $2,400 USD
dK69 TIL that it takes just $34,000 to be one of the world’s richest 1%.
WkmLX TIL that there is a ancient monument in Ireland called Newgrange and every winter solstice its chamber is illuminated for 17 minutes by a beam of light which reveals the mysterious carvings within.