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TIL that in 1935 when Roosevelt raised the top tax rate to 79% for those making over $5 million it only applied to one person in the United States: John D. Rockefeller

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1avX TIL, according to the director, that the unopened package in Cast Away contained a working solar-powered and waterproof satellite phone.
mLwY TIL the LAPD had Christine Collins committed to a psych ward in 1928 after her son Walter went missing because when the LAPD “found him” 5 months later, she denied that the boy returned to her was her child. The boy eventually confessed to being a runaway. The real Walter was never found.
Ydjx TIL rice can grow in a wide range of environments, but it is typically grown in submerged fields because it can tolerate such conditions while most weeds and pests cannot.
7x5b TIL: if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest cyclist who has never been caught doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher.
5VD7Q TIL: Cats can’t taste spicy the same way humans do.