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TIL an exotic dancer was busted by the IRS for failing to pay income tax on 1 million dollars in income she received in exchange for sex, from a single man.

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78Rk7 TIL the full name of Zaire's dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was "Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga", which translates to "The all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, goes from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake."
4XQ7X Today I Learned that the # symbol isn’t officially called the hashtag or the pound sign. It’s technical name is octothorpe. The “octo” means “eight” referring to how many points it has.
mxD4Y TIL of the He-gassen, a 17th-century Japanese art scroll depicting people having "Fart competitions". The author is unknown.
xvKB TIL that a man in Florida woke up with a severe headache. When he went to the hospital they found a bullet in his head. It turned out that his wife had shot him in the head while he was sleeping.
65dZ TIL that on July 2, 2013 the United States repealed a law that prohibited the government from paying to distribute propaganda.