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TIL Toxoplasmosis, a disease spread by cats and mostly harmless to humans, is a deadly disease to kangaroos

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VMB4Z TIL that young people who hold negative views on the elderly are more likely to age badly themselves
yweV TIL Harold Wilson wished for actor Harry H. Corbett to receive an OBE. However, his middle initial was lost in the process and the award instead went to Sooty puppeteer Harry Corbett. Harry H. Corbett had previously added the initial to avoid confusion with the puppeteer.
mxVGM TIL: Almost all living people outside of Africa trace back to a single migration more than 50,000 years ago
R7Rx8 TIL the "artificial banana" flavor is based on a real kind of banana called the Gros Michel. It was actually the predominant commercial banana available in the US prior to the 1950s, until a plague mostly wiped them out and they were replaced with the Cavendish banana we have today.
e4ng TIL that ironically, the oldest bridge across the river Seine in Paris is named Pont Neuf, or New Bridge. It was built in 1607.