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TIL scientists use sunflowers to clean up nuclear radiation
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TIL in the US, the top marginal tax rate reached its peak of 94% in 1944 for taxable incomes exceeding $200,000 (equivalent to approximately $2.5 million today). This rate remained above 70% until the 70s
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TIL after being in a coma for nearly 8 years, Gary Dockery awoke suddenly and spent the day catching up with family. By the next day he could no longer speak, and he soon slipped back into the coma and never woke up again.
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TIL that the Royal Society invested so heavily in the publication of The History of Fish that it almost went bankrupt and couldn't fund the publication of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking work Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
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TIL that video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills.
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TIL: billboards featuring naked breasts caused 517 traffic accidents in 1 day.