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TIL 7.5 percent of each US domestic airline ticket price goes to federal tax

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rdle TIL the first “Got Milk” commercial was directed by Michael Bay
Knb4 TIL that there are more African American men incarcerated in the U.S. than the total prison populations in India, Argentina, Canada, Lebanon, Japan, Germany, Finland, Israel and England combined.
VBYDp TIL About Johnny Bower. One of the oldest active NHL players who served in WW2 at 15 years old and played all but one season as a goalie without a mask and bad eyesight
oNlR TIL that during WWII, the British made vitamin C syrup from rose hips because the German subs were sinking commercial ships carrying citrus fruits.
KY6b4 TIL that the Ark of the Covenant, if constructed as described in the Bible, would actually function as an electrical capacitor storing and discharging static electricity