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TIL the water-repellent properties of NeverWet spray can be used to create ‘invisible ink’ street graffiti that only shows up in the rain

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X0O8k TIL Panthers, Mountain lions, Pumas, Cougars, and Catamounts are all the same cat.
Egdgd TIL that in 1984, Sweden introduced a 0.5% tax on financial transactions. 50% of traders in Stockholm moved to London by 1990. The reduction in market activity resulted in the money raised from the tax being minimal, and actually reduced overall tax revenue due to reductions in capital gains tax.
7rQr7 TIL that in 2013, the state of Nevada was sued for engaging in "Greyhound Therapy," a practice where troublesome mental patients are given one-way tickets to out-of-state destinations in order to free up bed space.
WyVY TIL Caesar salad is unrelated to Julius Caesar. it was invented on the Fourth of July by an immigrant living in Mexico, who named it after himself
PYXg TIL that a 67 million-year-old dinosaur mummy was found in 2007, a lot the body still in tact.