Post * rVDW — Curious Curator

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TIL that Vince Offer, the ShamWow! guy, used the proceeds from his late night marketed movie, The Underground Comedy Movie, to sue the Church of Scientology.

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Zp0jD TIL that the United States does not tax foreigners on capital gains (with limited exceptions). You can therefore legally buy Apple stock for $1 and sell for $1,000,000,000, and not 1 penny of US tax is due.

69WJ TIL a man beat his wife to death with a Bible after an end of the world prediction failed to come true in 2004. And thousands of people believe that the world will end today, Sunday October 21st, 2012.

OjEa TIL The Pledge of Allegiance did not include any religious language until 61 years ago when, “under God” was added.

VB0v4 TIL there is a tiny strip of land within Yellowstone Park called the “Zone of Death”. A constitutional quirk would allow a murder or other crime to take place, but not have enough resident to form a jury. Theoretically allowing a “get away with murder free zone”.

e0L6L TIL There is an Austrailan fungus called "The Stonemaker Fungus" that only shows up right after a forest fire. They live underground in a stone-like mycelium and pop up through the ashes 2-10 days after the fire, sometimes as infrequent as every 100 years.