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TIL the “death tax” only affects estates worth $5.45 million per person. 99.8% of estates owe no tax.

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5VDx9 TIL the 2006 Ig Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for "The Mosquito" which is a machine used to deter loitering by emitting a high-frequency sound. Some versions are intentionally tuned to be heard primarily by younger people. The sound was also made into a ringtone that couldn't be heard by teachers.
9wOeM TIL the probable author of the Social Darwinist tract "Might Is Right" was a New Zealander who ended his days selling ice cream and candy in Illinois
Wv88 TIL aluminum Christmas trees were popular in the 50’s and early 60’s; when the Charlie Brown Christmas special aired, sales dropped dramatically to the point where they were taken out of the market.
p8drO TIL that Walt Disney gave his housekeeper, Thelma Pearl Howard, stocks of the company during holidays and birthdays every year, instead of cash. The stocks were valued very little at the time, but by the time she was in her 70s, they were worth $9 million.
VMVGp TIL no-one knows the probability of being able to win a game of the card game Klondike with best-possible play. This has been described as "one of the embarrassments of applied probability".