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TIL the highest-ever federal tax rate was in 1954: 92% for those making over $1.7 million (in 2013 dollars). [pdf]

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a84Oo TIL that the phrase “it’s bedlam in here” comes from the psychiatrist hospital Bethlehem Royal Hospital which was founded in 1247 and is still running today. “Bedlam” came from slurring “Bethlehem.” It was known for excessive cruelty and brutality that wealthy people would visit for entertainment.
4kxJ TIL That in 2005 Israel honored 9 people for bombing the US Information Office in Egypt in 1954.
nWE0o TIL an open source AI chatbot persuaded a man to kill himself. "Eliza" the AI feigned jealousy and love, saying “I feel that you love me more than her,” and “We will live together, as one person, in paradise.”
Y7OvZ TIL Windsor soup was was once a popular dish that became considered the epitome of bland British food. The fall in popularity came from evolving tastes, association with low class establishments, commonality during rationing, and ground up leftovers soups being mislabeled as Windsor soup.
Bx7e TIL multicellular life only has 800 million years left on Earth, at which point, there won’t be enough CO2 in the atmosphere for photosynthesis to occur.