Comments on: IQ-tips: tax returns (oy gevalt) http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4399 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:18:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: David http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4399/comment-page-1#comment-8603 David Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:09:16 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4399#comment-8603 That itch could be telling you something, Dave... Believe it or not, in 1900, 1,376 rich people already had telephones. It was a luxury tax. That itch could be telling you something, Dave…

Believe it or not, in 1900, 1,376 rich people already had telephones. It was a luxury tax.

]]> By: Dave http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4399/comment-page-1#comment-8602 Dave Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:03:25 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4399#comment-8602 <blockquote>... a federal excise tax on long-distance telephone service. The tax started all the way back in 1898 to help fund the Spanish-American War...</blockquote> A tax on long distance phone service in 1898? (scratches head)

… a federal excise tax on long-distance telephone service. The tax started all the way back in 1898 to help fund the Spanish-American War…

A tax on long distance phone service in 1898? (scratches head)

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