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TIL that according to the Supreme Court, when you fill out your W-4, you are voluntarily entering into an agreement with the federal government, and claiming that the money you receive is taxable income.

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a8E60 TIL the Philippines are so named after the Spanish King Philip II, and the inhabitants are called ‘Filipino’ due to the native spelling of his name, being ‘Felipe’.
yx0v TIL that an engineer at NASA spent fifteen years trying to become an astronaut, being rejected fourteen times before finally being selected in 1998.
7rypP TIL of the 2016 case of State of Georgia vs Denver Fenton Allen where a routine pre-trial hearing turned into a wild and graphic shouting match between the Judge and the defendant. The creators of Rick and Morty animated the incident using the transcript verbatim.
mA7v TIL that for a short period of time, Pepsi had the 6th largest fleet of submarines in the world thanks to a deal they struck to sell their drink in the USSR.
gy8L TIL that when we get nervous, we overestimate how much other people notice our anxiety, due to the “Illusion of Transparency”. Luckily, studies show that simply being aware of this cognitive bias can make you more confident.