› added 10 years ago

248

TIL: there had been a “thirty years war” between Scientology and the IRS. Scientology Won

Read more forbes.com

via reddit.com

b6nGj TIL That Wi-Fi routers should typically be mounted on or near the ceiling for maximum throughput
5YeoP TIL in 1896 the coroner who over saw the death of the first person by automobile stated in court "I hope that this never happens again." It's estimated that over 7 million automobile deaths have happened since then.
4k8g6 TIL in 1955 jazz musician Wardell Gray - who played with Count Basie and Benny Goodman - was scheduled to play the opening night of the Moulin Rouge Hotel in Vegas, the first integrated hotel-casino in the city. Gray never played and his body was found in the desert, with his death still a mystery.
e04bb TIL that solid chocolate was only invented in the 1840s. Beforehand, chocolate powder was mostly consumed as a drink, and it wasn't until the 1870s that solid bars started to become more common.
lJG5 TIL Norwegians pay half tax in November, so everyone has more money for Christmas.