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101 Years Of The Income Tax (In 1 Depressing Table)

101 Years Of The Income Tax (In 1 Depressing Table)

More is always better, right?

 

Source: The Burning Platform

As we noted previously, if you hate taxes, you are far from alone.  According to NBC News, here are some of the things that Americans would rather do than pay taxes…

Six percent would rather sell a kidney, eight percent would rather name their first-born “Taxes,” and 11 percent would rather spend three years cleaning the bathrooms at noro-torious Chipotle.

Authorities Searching For Women Who Had Contact With Ebola

Health authorities from Mali are looking for two women they believe left Guinea after having had contact with a person suffering from Ebola. According to ABC News: Dr. Keni Diarra, head doctor at the health center in Kenieba in the Kayes region, said Wednesday the two Guinean women came to Mali Sunday. He said they are suspected to be in Hamdallaye, a village in Kayes. The World Health Organization says there have been eight cases of Ebola and seven deaths since late February in Guinea, flare-ups that came months after the nation was declared Ebola-free.

Six Reasons Why We Might Be Aliens

Is it possible that mankind was brought to Earth as part of an alien experiment on evolution? The following list outlines reasons why humans may not be native to this planet, and may have been brought here by an extraterrestrial race who escaped a destroyed world. 1. Sunlight Humans, in contrast with other species, cannot sunbath for more than a given time per day without getting sunburned. This indicates that the human body was not designed for constant exposure to the sun.

BP’s Gulf Oil Spill Behind Baby Dolphin Deaths

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 has been linked to the shocking surge in stillbirths and baby dolphin deaths in the Gulf Coast. According to a new study, the dolphins inherited chronic illnesses as their mothers were exposed to oil. Researchers said the findings suggest the dolphins died in the womb or shortly after birth, and their lungs never had a chance to fully develop and inflate. The BP oil spill dumped 4.9 billion gallons of oil into the Gulf Coast over five months before it was capped and now six years on, the disaster is still claiming victims.

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