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b68W7 TIL that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, intended to boost the U.S. economy in 1930, instead helped trigger one of the largest collapses in global trade history.
neZMG TIL that it's been illegal to import haggis to the US since 1971 because it contains lung, which is banned due to the risk of contamination by stomach acid or phlegm during slaughter. All US haggis is produced in the country, minus the lung (and traditional stomach bag).
0dyOR TIL that a Fiddle is the same as a Violin
P10RJ TIL that Ted Cruz was born in Alberta.
0w84N TIL that the “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” scene in the movie Grease, which features a line about Elvis, was filmed on the same day he died.