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TIL that the top tax rate in the US, while at 35% now, used to be above 90% in the 1950s and ‘60s.

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yVXXM TIL that U2’s song Where the Streets Have No Name was notoriously difficult to record due to its complex time signature changes & layered structure. It was nicknamed “the science project song” by producer Daniel Lanois, who resorted to teaching the band the arrangement with a blackboard & pointer
e00B4 TIL there are 96 bags of astronaut poop, pee and puke on the moon. They were left behind to make room for bringing moon rocks back to earth. Theres also 12 Hasselblad cameras, a gold plated telescope, used wet wipes, space food wrappers, golf balls, 70 other space craft, and 12 pairs of boots there.
nWnJb TIL about Barlaam and Josaphat, two legendary Christian saints whose stories are based on the life story of the Buddha
xVNAk TIL that the name PEZ is an abbreviation of PfeffErminZ, which is German for peppermint.
kO5Eg TIL that in 1992, a 53 year-old woman Geraldine Wesolowski who was postmenopasual gave birth to her own grandson. She was the gestational surrogate for her son and his wife since they couldn't conceive a baby due to hysterectomy