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TIL if you write to the Department of the Interior you can get a free buffalo.

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d8a5B TIL that movie theater popcorn costs 1275% more than it is worth
jNp5a TIL Zürich has around 1200 water fountains. That’s an average of one every 0.03 miles of the city’s 34 square miles
XE5Yj TIL The authors of a 2009 study in The Journal of Sexual Medicine speculated that "if a man or woman has not had intercourse by age 25, there is a reasonable chance [he or she] will remain a virgin at least until age 45."
oBWDo TIL The Stubborn Children Law (repealed in 1973) enacted by Massachusetts Bay Colony (1646), Connecticut (1650), Rhode Island (1668), and New Hampshire (1679), allowed a disobedient son "of sufficient years and understanding" (at least 16) to be put to death.
loJ1r TIL that England used to have a tax based on your number of windows. This mostly led to the building of homes with fewer windows (giving rise to the phrase "daylight robbery"), but conversely also led to some of the rich building homes with an intentionally large amount of windows in order to flex.