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TIL that the Emperor Vespasian issued out a tax on urine collected from public toilets

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R5p8Q TIL Chimpanzees and other apes can be born with a defect similar to Down Syndrome.
j80N TIL: In 1838, Missouri fought a war against Joseph Smith and the Mormons. The Mormons burned an entire county to the ground, and Missouri’s governor ordered the expulsion or genocide of all Mormons.
x6mR5 TIL that a British WW2 tail gunner fell 18000 feet without a parachute. His fall was broken by fir trees and a soft snow cover on the ground and suffered only a sprained leg.
eppo6 TIL that NYC trash collectors refer to maggots as "disco rice":
v1W6j TIL in 2013 a Brazilian football referee was killed and beheaded by spectators after he stabbed a player to death.