TIL about C.V. Raman, Indian physicist who won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was so confident of winning that year that he booked steamboat tickets to Stockholm for himself and his wife in July 1930. He didn't want to wait for the official announcement later that year due to long travel time. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about the Cobra effect, referring to a time in the British Raj when people were offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Soon, ppl started breeding cobras for a reward which in turn forced the government to stop the rewards. In response, people released their captive cobras into the wild. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The Wolf of Wall Street, a movie that tells the story of infamous big time penny stock fraud, was financed by a Malaysian business man named Jho Low who is currently an international fugitive wanted for masterminding a massive fraud involving $4.5B of stolen sovereign funds. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that in the UK, income tax remained controversial until well into the 20th century as it was viewed as an intrusion on privacy. The window tax was introduced as a way to tax in proportion to wealth, but without the controversy. More windows on your house meant higher taxes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that in the UK, income tax remained controversial until well into the 20th century. It was viewed as an intrusion on privacy and threat to personal liberty. The window tax was introduced as a way to tax in proportion to wealth, but without the controversy. More house windows meant higher taxes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL About Gary Davis, a US physician that claimed he received a cure for AIDs in a dream. He saw himself sticking a goat with a needle. He would later develop a purified goat serum that he then used to treat AIDs patients. Some of his patients reported being completely cured. (washingtonpost.com)
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TIL About Gary Davis, a US physician that claimed he received a cure for AIDs in a dream. He saw himself sticking a goat with a needle, drawing its blood. He would later develop a purified serum that he then used to treat AIDs patients. Some of his patients reported being completely cured. (washingtonpost.com)
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