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TIL Income tax in the UK was a temporary measure introduced to pay for the Napoleonic wars. It’s still a temporary tax, which will expire if not renewed by an act of parliament each year.

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BgZd TIL Craig Robinson (Darryl of “The Office”) has a master’s in education and taught elementary music education in Chicago before acting.
Br4Ee TIL that in Canada the winner of a sweepstakes is required by law to correctly answer a skill testing question, usually math related, in order to receive the prize.
Em87 TIL ‘Fruit’ is a botanical term and 'vegetable’ is a culinary term, so certain vegetation such as tomatoes, green beans, eggplants, and cucumbers could be called either fruits or vegetables.
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