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TIL of the “White Declaration of Independence” and the violent overthrow of democratically elected officials in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898

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VMXOD TIL that drug dealers are legally required to pay a "drug tax" on their illegal contraband by buying a Drug Tax Stamp from the Department of Revenue
OoQv6 TIL the German Army conducted a "Jewish Census" of their soldiers during WWI, designed to prove that Jews were shirking military service. It ended up proving the opposite, so the results were never published.
EB7W TIL Spending too much time doing homework can lead to chronic depression.
gMWV7 TIL Christmas was banned in Boston from 1659 to 1681
M7mPV TIL Ving Rhames earned $7.7 million for roughly 39 seconds of screen time in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), which makes him the highest-paid actor for the smallest amount of screen time. He had just two days of work on set.