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TIL Marijuana was demonized and made illegal in the 30’s thanks to paper lobbies

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wLR66 TIL about Viktor Belenko, the Soviet MiG pilot that in 1976 defected to the USA via Japan and stole a MiG-25 jet. The USA returned the jet a year later disassembled and categorized in boxes.
e0WNg TIL Cruise lines pay almost no taxes thanks to a maritime law loophole called "flags of convenience". Despite being headquartered in Miami, RCL and NCLH have all of their ships registered in the Bahamas. CCL has all of its ships registered in Panama.
rdGw TIL A company in Georgia, USA will mix your ashes following your cremation with cement and drop it to the bottom of the ocean to form an artificial reef.
8aejZ TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
yQgmv TIL that cone snails have 3 teeth.