› added 3 years ago

111

TIL that in State v. Linkhaw, the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed the conviction of a man who sang so badly in church that a jury had found him guilty of "disturbing a religious congregation."

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

XKRE TIL Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Phil Collins are the only musicians to have sold over 100 million albums as a solo artist and member of a group
lowN7 TIL Peppermint Patty and Marcie didn't make their debuts in Peanuts until 1967 and 1973, respectively. That's why they don't appear in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
yQNEX TIL that the US military developed a set of playing cards with the names and faces of the most wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government on them so the troops would learn to recognize them while playing cards
AN76n TIL Abraham Lincoln was the tallest US President at 6'4, while James Madison was the shortest at 5'4.
dD8Z TIL The Soviet Union and USA made a plan to do a joint manned mission to Mars during the cold war. The Soviets supported it, but the idea was rejected by Reagan.