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TIL that the IRS defined the complexity of the tax code as the #1 most serious problem facing tax-payers.

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rREO4 TIL a Japanese bomber pilot dropped four bombs on a small Oregon coastal town. The damp atmosphere meant the thermite bombs failed to explode. Years later the citizens of that town invited the pilot to their town. He accepted, and gave them a samurai sword as apology. It's still on display.
yQoo8 TIL a Baltimore school was evacuated and hazardous materials crews were called due to a strange odor. The source of the odor was a pumpkin spice air freshener.
ZQ5B TIL that every night, the US Constitution is lowered into a safe that is bomb proof
gMwxy TIL 'The Rule of Three' states that whatever energy a person puts out into the world, be it positive or negative, will be returned to that person three times. It originated with Wiccans, Pagans, and occultists. In India, there is a comparable idea of threefold Karma for past, present, and future.
69QMl TIL Thomas Jefferson regularly attended many different churches and declared "I am of a sect by myself" unlike many of the other devoted founding fathers.