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TIL United States is the only country in the world which applies the same tax regime to all its citizens, regardless of where they live

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09OM TIL that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a mini-opera about coffee addiction
ADoPo TIL Star Trek's training exercise Kobayashi Maru has been used by computer security educators to teach students to think like an adversary, that by stepping outside the rules of the game one can redefine the game, and why you should teach your students to cheat.
lo68a TIL In 1847, with a population of just 20,000 people, Toronto took in 38,560 Irish famine victims
VMmGZ TIL in 2015 due to soaring demand for beheadings, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia advertised for 8 new executioners. A low end civil service job, the main duties are, "executing a judgement of death" and amputations.
BR4L TIL, in 1928 a Supreme Court Justice argued against wiretapping and criticized the US government for its invasion of privacy