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TIL that the typical tax evader in the U.S. is a male under the age of 50 in a high tax bracket and with a complicated return, and the most common means of tax evasion is the overstatement of charitable contributions, particularly church donations.

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vPYOB TIL that in almost all species of birds, only the left ovary is functional. Although the female embryo has two ovaries, the right one typically is nonfunctional in the adult bird.
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