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TIL that in AD 70, Roman emperor Vespasian levied a tax on urine and sent agents to public urinals to collect it. When his son (who opposed the tax), asked him whether the coins he collected this way smelled bad, he famously replied "money does not stink".

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x6Jp0 TIL of Anthony Ray, producer and son of famous Hollywood director Nicholas Ray, who was once married to his father's ex-wife--actress Gloria Grahame--his former stepmother. Since Grahame had a child named Timothy Ray, with Nicholas Ray, that made Anthony his stepfather and brother at the same time.
Qy5e TIL: Freddie Mercury was Indian and took much pride in this, though it is generally over shadowed by him being an iconic British Rockstar
amPN TIL the power in our electrical grid carries a timestamp which can be traced. All digital recordings made near an electrical power source will pick up this noise and it will be embedded throughout the audio then can be used as evidence in court. DO OVER.
loa47 TIL that the U.S. only spends 12% of its total budget on military, despite commonly held notions that it spends upwards of 40 - 70%.
7rgor TIL An elephant's penis is not only 6 feet long, but prehensile. A male elephant can use his penis to swat flies, scratch his belly, to balance like a third leg, and even to grasp onto things. It even does all the work during intercourse.