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TIL: There are over 40 US states that tax Tampons and Pads as “Luxury” goods.

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woMn8 TIL Paul Newman started his own salad dressing company back in 1982. He would then go on to donate 100% of the profits to multiple charities
v1kNj TIL of Don Marion Davis, who at 102 is the oldest surviving actor of the silent movie era, who was one of the most famous child actors worldwide
Jmoj TIL the last surviving Confederate widow (who died in 2004) married her former husband’s grandson, whose stepson was also his great uncle.
5VKmr TIL that in the 18th century, the anatomist Honoré Fragonard invented a technique to perfectly preserve flayed bodies and used it to make works of art out of genuine skinned human corpses.
4j86 TIL: the US had slow average internet speed compared to the rest of the world due to (2) main things: (1) the expense of replacing old wire technologies and (2) their is no law yet stating that ISPs have to update their wiring