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TIL residents of Switzerland and Liechtenstein who are non-EU residents can purchase many items in nearby Germany from anything from two to seven times the price they would pay for the same products in their own countries and qualify for tax refund, making it more attractive.

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e0OEE A woman of average build, who exercises moderately intensively every day, burns about 2,000 kilocalories a day, and a man around 2,500 kilocalories. This means that you can live off your fat reserves for an average of 66 days (for a woman) or 53 days (for a man), as long as you don’t become more active.
LkjyV TIL that, contrary to popular belief, friction is not the primary cause of spacecraft heating up on re-entry. Rather, the heat comes from the air in front of the craft being highly compressed. This is also why the leading edges get the hottest.
N79VJ TIL that the Humane Slaughter Act, a United States federal law supposedly designed to reduce animal suffering during slaughter, does not mention chickens at all and poultry plants are exempt from following it.
1awK8 TIL that after her Super Bowl performance, Katy Perry’s lawyers tried (unsuccessfully) to copyright and trademark ‘Left Shark’
E1Plp TIL of Wait Calculation, a dilemma stating that during the millennia long trip to another star system, humanity would easily find ways to increase travel speed greatly, meaning any new expeditions would arrive much earlier. Therefore, no-one would risk wasting their lives on such a meaningless trip.