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TIL Scientology obtained their tax exemption from the IRS by having P.I.s dig into the personal lives of IRS managers and initiating hundreds of law suits against IRS employees. Eventually Scientology offered to drop all suits for religious tax exemption and the US government caved.

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7QA7 TIL most bamboo species only flower once every several decades, the entire population flowering at once; and, when one variety flowers, the entire variety flowers at the same time the world over, regardless of location, climate, or any other known factors, for reasons scientists have yet to discern.
gMlgy TIL The fear of palindromes, aibohphobia, is, quite sadistically, a palindrome.
jXE TIL Bill Murray is having a party crashing tour in select cities across America starting in August. Parties must include alcohol, karaoke, and a banner saying “BILL MURRAY CAN CRASH HERE”.
yQbZX TIL of Clarence Elkins, who was wrongly imprisoned for the murder of his mother-in-law and assault of his 6-year-old niece. His wife worked hard to exonerate him and found a likely suspect who was in the same jail as him. Clarence collected a cigarette he’d used. His DNA matched.
mx1xM TIL that Nintendo's NES was responsible for the recovery of "The Video Game Crash of 1983", and therefore, saved the North American video game industry as a whole.