Fun Fact:
"The second income tax law was soon overturned by the Supreme Court in the 1895 decision of Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust. In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Income Tax Act of 1894 was an unconstitutional direct tax because it taxed interest, dividends, and rent in violation of Article 1, Section 2, which requires such taxes to be imposed in proportion to the states’ population."
Source: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/how-we-wound-up-with-a-national-income-tax
Of the USA's nearly 250 year existence, it has only had an income tax for less than half of it's existence, 112 years. Ever since the 16th amendment was ratified on GroundHogs Day 1913
