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TIL $5.60 of each plane ticket funds the TSA

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6954Y TIL that the caste system is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification.
D1ykJ TIL of a 1698 beard tax in Russia, in which authorities were authorized by Emperor Peter I to publicly shave individuals who did not pay the tax on their beards. The tax was designed to make Russian men conform to Western European notions of grooming.
je1Q TIL scientist invented an electronic cockroach that was able to comunicate with real roaches and influence them
OopMg TIL an astronauts eyes flatten after several months in space.
dDR1Z TIL that the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit