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TIL people can get leprosy from armadillos.

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R8o1 TIL some people get “weather headaches” from changes in barometric pressure
bpWj TIL the most powerful gangs in the United States have a presence in the US military. Gangster Disciples, Crips, Bloods, 18th Street, Nortenos, Black Disciples, Surenos, Latin Kings, Vice Lords, African Nations, Aryan Nations, Aryan Brotherhood and Ku Klux Klan graffiti has been documented in Iraq.
rjg4 TIL There is a Star Wars comic called Into the Great Unknown in which Han Solo and Chewbacca crash into Earth after using Hyperspace blindly. Native Americans kill Han, and his body is discovered by Indiana Jones 126 years later while searching for Sasquatch—which turns out to be Chewbacca.
46v6 TIL Stephen Colbert’s wife grew up two blocks away from him but did not meet him until 1990
nWerW TIL that New York Times has occasionally experienced gaps in publication due to multiple strikes in its history. One such strike occurred in 1978. Various papers formed to fill the gap including the satirical Not The New York Times.