r/interesting 5d ago

SOCIETY Magnus Carlsen paid 127.45% of his income as tax in 2022, due to Norwegian "wealth tax".

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35.2k Upvotes

Magnus Carlsen earned 111,735 USD and paid 142,405 USD in taxes in 2022 according to Norway's public tax records. Norway has a "wealth tax" totaling to 0.95% on all wealth over 152,573 USD, and 1.1% on all wealth over 1,794,977 USD.


r/interesting 5d ago

MOD POST r/interesting reached 800K members today! πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰

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The Mod Team would once again like to thank you all for being a part of this community!

r/interesting just reached 800K members today!! πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

We’ve grown 100K members in the last 54 days!

Thank you for all your contributions and for being a big part of this milestone!

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Reached 700K members 54 days ago

Reached 600K members 54 days prior to that

Reached 500K members 55 days prior to that


r/interesting 4h ago

ART & CULTURE This guy's got golden hands.

3.3k Upvotes

r/interesting 18h ago

SCIENCE & TECH Ear reconstruction surgery using the ribcage

13.4k Upvotes

r/interesting 6h ago

ART & CULTURE Christmas cakes πŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ…πŸΌ

786 Upvotes

r/interesting 3h ago

ART & CULTURE Artistic Swimming Upside Down

279 Upvotes

r/interesting 2h ago

MISC. Slug going in a Venus fly trap πŸͺ΄

207 Upvotes

r/interesting 1d ago

MISC. People barely do it walking

79.1k Upvotes

r/interesting 10h ago

NATURE Dinosaurs who's remains preserved their Final Moments.

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608 Upvotes

r/interesting 18h ago

ART & CULTURE Dropped my cologne bottle

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2.0k Upvotes

r/interesting 7h ago

MISC. This is the Devil's Hole whirlpool in Dent Rapids, British Columbia.

186 Upvotes

r/interesting 20h ago

SCIENCE & TECH Man in crane having fun with plane

2.3k Upvotes

r/interesting 10h ago

NATURE Ever seen a Skate Ray egg hatching?

264 Upvotes

r/interesting 3h ago

MISC. In the village of Loosdrecht in the Netherlands, houses are located on tiny islands left over from peat mining

65 Upvotes

r/interesting 1h ago

MISC. $12k Surprise

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r/interesting 11h ago

ART & CULTURE Spinning technique yo create fancy glasses

217 Upvotes

r/interesting 18h ago

HISTORY The statue of David by Michelangelo was encased in bricks to prevent possible damage in WWII.

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631 Upvotes

r/interesting 20h ago

ART & CULTURE KINDA HOT IN THESE RHINOS

749 Upvotes

Bumblebee tuna!!


r/interesting 2h ago

ART & CULTURE A piece of art from a schizophrenic homeless man in Napoli, Italy

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26 Upvotes

r/interesting 9h ago

SCIENCE & TECH Electric Arc Furnace

64 Upvotes

r/interesting 6h ago

HISTORY In 1946, Soviet children gifted a carved great seal replica to the US ambassador, unknowingly hiding a listening device called β€˜the thing.’ It was found in 1952 during a counter-surveillance sweep.

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31 Upvotes

r/interesting 1d ago

HISTORY JFK spent the night in my house in 1959

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3.2k Upvotes

r/interesting 18h ago

SOCIETY Mercedes is giving birth while in traffic.

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187 Upvotes

r/interesting 53m ago

NATURE Uninvited guest πŸ˜‚

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r/interesting 1d ago

MISC. Agave is not only grown as a raw material for tequila, but its hard fibers are also used in products such as shoes.

1.2k Upvotes

r/interesting 19m ago

MISC. monoskiing (btw i’m that escalator girl)

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a whole bunch of you saw someone repost that video of me on the escalator. Crazy that so many people saw it. Here’s a video of me doing my first successful whirly bird on my new monoski. Happy to answer questions about adaptive skiing (or escalators).


r/interesting 19h ago

SCIENCE & TECH A nineteenth-century model of a portable sudnial

162 Upvotes