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TIL that you have to report illegally earned money to the IRS. Illegally earned money reported to the IRS is protected under the 5th amendment.

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dD8WB TIL Coal is slightly radioactive. Coal plants are releasing more radiation into the atmosphere on a daily basis than any nuclear plant.
oBMYR TIL that "Where's Waldo?" was originally published as "Where's Wally?" in the United Kingdom--"Waldo" is the American adaptation of the series. Additionally, Wally was drawn smaller and smaller and the series continued, making him harder to find in subsequent books.
0d4n5 TIL only 6,800 Americans were killed in action over the course of the entire 8 years of the Revolutionary War
WkWWL TIL Broadway actually continues North of Manhattan, and is a total of 33 miles long.
LkErv TIL the story of Isaac Woodward. He was an African American WWII veteran who was badly beaten at a bus stop in 1946 for asking the driver to stop at a bathroom, blinding him in both eyes. His case brought the treating of veterans to light and the beginnings of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s