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TIL there are only two countries in the world that tax their citizens on earnings while living abroad: the United States, and Eritrea

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9Klm TIL Catharine Conley s job title is Planetary Protection Officer
PYV1V TIL two weeks after South Carolina seceded from the Union New York City's Mayor proposed secession as well in order to continue its extraordinarily lucrative cotton trade with the seceded South.
bapQ TIL a 2004 study of 43 fruits and vegetables found that their nutritional value has decreased significantly over the past 50 years.
N75kQ TIL: That anesthesiologists, neuroscientists and researchers dont really know how anesthesia works.
RXDw TIL in 1999 a mentally ill man was arrested for plotting to kill sheriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. Saville was acquitted four years later when it was discovered that Arpaio’s detectives had purchased the bomb parts themselves and framed Saville in a publicity stunt to boost approval ratings.