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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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6EkX7 TIL fossilization is so rare that scientists estimate less one-tenth of 1% of all the animal species that have ever lived have become fossils.
mdvY TIL that President Roosevelt briefly used a limousine seized from Al Capone because the secret service was concerned that the existing presidential limo wasn’t sufficiently armored.
pYmb TIL Coolio wrote a book called “Cookin’ With Coolio” including the chapters “SaladEatin Bitches,” “Appetizers for That Ass,” and “It’s Hard Out Here for a Shrimp.”
e09gn TIL while the final season Seinfeld episode "The Puerto Rican Day" (which featured a controversial flag-burning scene) was pulled by NBC and Sony, the episode quietly made its way onto the syndication package four years after its airing in 2002
NLyP TIL Cameron Lyle, a college senior track and field athlete was awarded the NCAA’s Award of Valor in 2013 for ending his collegiate career one month early, ending his chances for a gold medal, in order to be a bone marrow donor to a 28 year old father with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.