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TIL: Americans that live abroad and even get another citizenship, still have to pay US taxes

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wLAKo TIL The voice of Master Chief from Halo hosts a classic rock radio station in Chicago
bR69 TIL that in the summer of 1987, 22 tons of marijuana was thrown in the sea from a ship chased by the DEA near Brazilian coast. The high quality weed, stashed in closed metal cans, reached Brazilian beaches. The weed was found and smoked in the summer known as “the summer of the can”.
Oo6Je TIL that Kung Fu, which is symbolic with China, actually originated in India in 1st millennium AD and it was introduced in China by the Buddhist monks who travelled there from India.
nWxkr TIL There were 15 Prime Ministers during Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The first was Winston Curchill, born 1874, the last was Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975.
p8mdp TIL there are about 2,200 miles of navigable canals in the United Kingdom requiring many tiny locks to be manually operated and many of them no wider than 7 feet (2.1m). Started for use as commercial transport in the early 19th century it has now turned into a leisure highway of "narrowboats."