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TIL: The U.S., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand all had inheritance taxes (i.e., wealth taxes), but they repealed them not so long ago.

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P15Pg TIL that Shirley Temple led an extremely successful life as a diplomat after her childhood acting career. She was present in Czechoslovakia when the Soviets cracked down on them. Later after the fall of the USSR, she was the head of establishing diplomatic relations between the US and Czechoslovakia
lordV TIL That More Than A Year Before Him And Dylan Klebold Murdered 13 People At Columbine High School, There Was A Warrant Drafted To Search Eric Harris's Home Because Of Death Threats He Made To Another Student. It Was Never Submitted To A Judge
0wovp TIL that there's no words in Spanish that started with the letter W.
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