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Oo5jX TIL Regulatory capture is a form of government failure where those bodies regulating industries become sympathetic to the businesses they are supposed to be regulating. Regulatory capture can mean monopolies can continue to charge high prices.
7rjjX TIL Venus Flytraps are only native to a region within a 120km (75mi) radius to Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, as opposed to a tropical region.
4XyWg TIL of Thalweg, which is the deepest part of a flowing water and designated boundary between two adjacent Nations.
gpk9 TIL Blue Raspberry was created for use in snow cones due to concerns over FD&C Red No. 2 dye; the research that deemed it safe had been sponsored by the companies producing the dye. The artificial flavor we know as raspberry was primarily created from banana, cherry, and pineapple esters (essences).
GYb6N TIL that since 1999, 55 Cuban soccer players have defected to the United States after being flown over for a game. This was possible because of the wet feet, dry feet policy, which stated that any Cuban who set foot in the United States was entitled to become a US resident. The policy ended in 2017.