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TIL Intuit spent $11.5M to lobby against the government providing free pre-populated tax filings

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x64aw TIL that powered flight has independently evolved four times in history: in bats, birds, pterosaurs, and insects.
P1LYg TIL when the Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, the bill was given the identifier "H.R. 1776."
78QKP TIL that Bull Island a 15KM^2 landmass in Dublin bay is an accidental man made island. Which began forming after two large sea walls were built in the 18th/19th century.
rRgBM TIL Ron Popeil was a college drop out and his Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ sold over eight million units in the US alone
OGGN6 TIL about Lochner Vs. NY in which the Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional.