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TIL: That the IRS requires you to declare sources of illegal income (i.e selling drugs) but they can’t prosecute you for the activity.

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4XMWg TIL there's an ancient whistled language that's now "spoken" by only a few people
6K0m TIL scientists tracked a Cuvier’s beaked whale that dived to the depth of 2,992 m (9,816ft). The same whale stayed underwater, without taking a single breath, for 138 minutes.
d8QQ8 TIL - Not only is the kidnap and murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena still active he may have been betrayed by a DEA agent in his own office but also a CIA agent who has been named was there at his interrogation and murder.
e0Amk TIL about an unnamed Viking warrior who was tasked with guarding a narrow (4 person wide) bridge against the Saxons in 1066. He survived constant attack for 1 hour until a clever Saxon floated down the river in a barrel and piked him in the groin from under the bridge.
yQM5v TIL that DreamWorks had a music label from 1996-2006 and signed such artists as Papa Roach, Chris Rock, Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith, George Michael, and Nelly Furtado.