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TIL British spies stopped using semen as invisible ink because it began to smell if it wasn’t fresh

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gMJ4L TIL that Bank of America was originally founded as Bank of Italy, in America.
e0Ymb TIL that a UK TV license costs £157.50. You get a 50% discount to £78.75 if you’re blind and have a colour TV, but a 66% discount to £53 if you’re fully sighted with a black and white TV.
pkRe TIL: Wyclef Jean lied and stole $10 million from the Yele Haiti sham charity he set up
Ej8o TIL that treason is the only crime defined in the US Constitution. It is almost never prosecuted, because (unlike espionage) it requires a confession or two witnesses to the act.
W7M94 TIL McDonald's introduced its drive-thru service due to the military in Fort Huachuca, AZ not being able to be seen in public with their uniforms on. It made no sense to change into regular clothes just to go to McDonald’s so the manager of the restaurant came up this solution.