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TIL China has only navel and air force headquarters but not an army headquarter until 2015

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M7ja7 TIL in the US, the top marginal tax rate reached its peak of 94% in 1944 for taxable incomes exceeding $200,000 (equivalent to approximately $2.5 million today). This rate remained above 70% until the 70s
QxdL TIL In 2005, an inexperienced trader at a Japanese bank tried to sell 1 share of J-Com stock for ¥640,000. He accidentally sold 640,000 shares for ¥1 each; the equivalent of selling $3bil worth of shares for the price of $5,000.
GYQmE TIL that a place exists called "The Gateway to Hell" in Ethiopia, one of the hottest and most alien places on the planet. The air is toxic to humans and organisms were found living in pure acid without any oxygen.
D1GWr TIL lightning strikes are several times more likely to reach the ground in colder climates compared to the tropics
jNNM TIL there is a cruise ship named “The World” where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.