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TIL That the IRS requires you to report income from illegal activities, and pay taxes on it

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9Y4Kr TIL about Khaled al-Asaad, a Syrian archaeologist who helped evacuate a museum ISIS was approaching and was captured by ISIS; he was beheaded because he wouldn't tell his captors the location of hidden ancient artifacts. Today is the four-year anniversary of his death.
BjoW TIL that the scent of a woman crying triggers a dramatic decrease in levels of testosterone and sexual arousal in the majority of men. And that men are subconsciously able to differentiate between genuine tears, and those that are forced.
Y70LP TIL the British House of Lords is the only upper house of any bicameral parliament in the world that is larger than its lower house.
Brxvy TIL Dr. Seuss, the author of many of the most popular children's books of all time, had no children of his own, saying of children: "You have 'em; I'll entertain 'em."
kOXwm TIL that construction of the Roman Colosseum was funded by the opulent spoils stolen from the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem after the First Jewish-Roman War in 70CE which destroyed Jerusalem and sent the Jews into exile.