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TIL In 1880, Felix Adler, the philosopher who would later lead America’s first national campaign against child labor, proposed a 100% tax rate on income above the point “when a certain high and abundant sum has been reached, amply sufficient for all the comforts and true refinements of life”.

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VBdBZ TIL that Neutrinos are particles that pass through the Universe without interacting with matter. So Japan is building a 70 meter high tank inside a Mountain, with 40,000 Photosensors to observe the very weak Cherenkov Radiation when the Neutrinos occasionally collide with the Electrons in the water.
bppa TIL a botched embalming job on Pope Pius XII (died 1958) caused his body to rapidly decompose while laying in state. The Vatican Swiss guards guarding the body had to be changed every 10 minutes because the awful smell caused some of them to pass out.
QNlLX TIL while in prison in 1932 Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie & Clyde) amputated two of his toes to avoid hard labor in the fields. Unbeknownst to him, his mother had petitioned for his release and he was released six days later.
NoZ8 TIL that there are no professional female sumo wrestlers because professional sumo wrestling bans women from competitions and ceremonies. Women are not allowed to enter or touch the sumo wrestling ring (dohyō), as this is traditionally seen to be a violation of the purity of the dohyō.
oQR7 TIL most birds can’t move their eyes, which are not spherical like in mammals. They are also tetrachomatic, meaning they have 4 retinal cones (primary colors) versus 3 in humans, allowing most birds to see the UV spectrum and distinguish between colors that appear identical to humans.