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TIL that game show winnings in the U.S., including non-cash prizes, are highly taxed. Taxes can surpass 50% depending on which state the winner lives in.

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R5Zbl TIL of the ir. D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station, the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world.
ewZ6 TIL that in Ancient Rome women would drink turpentine to make their urine smell sweet, like roses or violets.
M7Jj8 TIL that almost every African country boycotted the 1976 Olympics because of New Zealand – whose rugby team had toured Apartheid South Africa earlier that year, yet was not banned by the Olympic organizers
kj1 TIL art competitions used to be a part of the Olympics Games.
R7Ebj TIL opossums have 50 teeth – the most of any mammal. They are also the most varied in size of any mammal, with males in the northern range weighing up to twenty times as much as a female in the southern range.