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TIL people can get leprosy from armadillos.

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nWEaG TIL that Pop-Tarts are not named that because they, you know, pop out of the toaster. They’re named Pop-Tarts as a pun/reference to Pop Art, because they were invented in 1964
ANKO7 TIL that the ruby-throated hummingbird flies non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico as part of its spring migration and has a VO2 max that is about 10 times higher than elite human athletes.
KoMR TIL there are North Korean labor camps in Siberia, under an agreement between NK and a company run by British businessmen. The camps are tiny ‘home away from home’ villages complete with propaganda.
nNDY TIL there is a radio program, called Top 2000, on the Dutch radio and has been broadcast since ‘99 at the end of each year. The show starts at 12:00 on December 25 and ends at midnight on New Year’s Eve. In these 6 or 7 days the 2000 most popular songs of all time are played, chosen by the audience.
QJ0jX TIL that a shogun of Japan named Tsunayoshi Tokugawa loved dogs so much that he set laws for dogs in place such as making it a capital crime for harming a dog and saved over 50,000 dogs from the streets, placing them in kennels begrudgingly funded by citizens of the capital city of Edo.