› added 11 years ago

157

TIL that the NFL and the PGA Tour are considered 501©6 non-profit organizations and don’t pay income tax

Read more usatoday.com

via reddit.com

oJOE TIL in 2010, when Tokyo officials went to congratulate the oldest man in the city on his 111th birthday, they instead found his skeletal remains on his bed. He had been dead for 30 years and the family was taking in the pension money he was still receiving.
D0NV TIL - The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name - the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
wY1P TIL George Clooney got into a fistfight with Three Kings (1999) director David O. Russell on the set. Russell had yelled and derided a few extras out of frustration and Clooney didn’t appreciate it. Russell has since said, “I wouldn’t make another George Clooney movie if they paid me $20 million.”
jW9p TIL Universal Studios, Inc sued Sony and its distributors in 1976, alleging that because Sony was manufacturing a device (Betamax) that could be used for copyright infringement, they were thus liable for any infringement committed by its purchasers. Essentially trying to kill videotape recording.
xVAew TIL that humans can have far more chromosomal variation than just XX or XY. Some possible combinations include XXXXY, XXYY, and XXXXX. Also, the XYY condition, in which males have an extra Y chromosome, is often undiagnosed because there are so few symptoms.