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TIL: Animals who inherit money from their owners are subject to pay death taxes just like everyone else

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BrNlD TIL Richard Nixon is the only person in US history to be elected Vice President twice and President twice.
RWZj TIL of Norton I, the first Emperor of the United States. A benevolent ruler, Emperor Norton issued Proclamations disbanding Congress, forbidding conflicts between religions, and advocating the formation of a League of Nations. At his death in 1880, 30,000 people attended his funeral procession.
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