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TIL Bribes, Kickbacks, Stolen Items, and money from illegal activities all count as taxable income in the US

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oRdK8 TIL the Mantis Shrimps' claws strike with the speed of a bullet, creating cavitation bubbles that generate light and heat nearly as hot as the sun's surface.
86OL TIL Rosa Parks was not the first black person to be arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat, and far from being a diminutive seamstress, Parks was a political organizer and activist, a member of the Montgomery Voters League and secretary of the local chapter of the NAACP
E1yAo TIL One of the reasons a full circle is 'decided' to be 360 degrees (and not a more obvious number, such as 100) because 360 is divisible by 24 different numbers, which makes it easy for math calculations. In contrast, 100 is only divisible by 9 different numbers.
YgOG TIL that the bodyguard Walter H. Thompson saved Sir Winston Churchill over 20 times including from shrapnel during the Blitz, plots by the IRA, Indian nationalists, Arab nationalists, Nazi agents, Greek Communists and the deranged.
awPZ9 TIL Bicycles are the most efficient machine ever made (98% efficiency)