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TIL Humans are the most plentiful mammal species on Earth 🌍 🌎 🌏

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kOGN7 TIL The Laffer curve, a theoretical relationship between rates of taxation and resulting revenue. It assumes that no tax revenue is raised at the extreme tax rates of 0% and 100%, and that there is a tax rate that maximizes government tax revenue. The shape of the curve is disputed among economists.
vPGpr TIL that 1-2% of adults suffer from nocturnal enuresis or involuntary bed-wetting
9Yek7 French paratroopers once used “Bazooka Vespas” in combat
X01ZD TIl the first page of the Gettysburg Address was written in Washington, in ink and on official stationery. The second page was written in Gettysburg, in pencil on a piece of that happened to be at hand.
awLRy TIL The N1 moon rocket was originally purposed as a super-heavy ICBM capable of delivering a 100-megaton warhead