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TIL an activist group in Zurich dyed fountains red to protest tampons being taxed at a rate consistent with luxury products instead of the rate used for daily use items.

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0de4v TIL over 30% of the US population lives in four states: California, Texas, Florida, New York.
Z8oGY TIL that the world's coldest capital city is Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, with an annual average temperature of -1.3°C (-29.7°F). The second-coldest is Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana) in Kazakhstan, followed by Moscow (Russia), Helsinki (Finland), Reykjavik (Iceland), Tallinn (Estonia), and Ottawa (Canada)
AEj4 TIL that Evolution was proposed by Christian Bishop Saint Augustine, in his paper, ‘The Literal Meaning of Genesis’, written in the early 400s.
gMYbb TIL Oscar winning actress Anne Baxter was the granddaughter of famed American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He even designed a dollhouse for her.
WmPX TIL Jim Carrey offered Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in ‘Dumb and Dumber’ (1994), however Cage wanted to do a much smaller movie instead called Leaving Las Vegas. 'Leaving Las Vegas’ (1995) ended up earning Nicolas Cage an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996.