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TIL Boeing pressured the US government to impose a 300% tariff on imports of Bombardier CSeries planes. The situation got bad enough that Canada filed a complaint at the WTO against the US. Eventually, Bombardier subsequently sold a 50.01% in the plane to Boeing's main competitor, Airbus, for $1.

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X0kXD TIL that reductio ad absurdum is when you attempt to reduce an argument to absurdity (I.e The Earth cannot be flat; otherwise, since the Earth is assumed to be finite in extent, we would find people falling off the edge.)
gMy1X TIL: The amount of radioactive cesium that was leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is about equal to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II.
Y7xoW TIL Kennedy Space Center has a total area of 219 square miles, or 570 square kilometers - roughly the same size as the Isle of Man. Only 9% of the space center is developed, and the rest is wildlife refuge.
gr0ZL TIL there are multiple philosophical razors beyond Occam’s Razor, such as Hanlon’s Razor, which suggests “never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity,” and Hitchens’ Razor, which claims “what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.”
rNN4y TIL it is illegal to keep a rabbit as a pet in certain parts of Australia. Exceptions can be made for public exhibitions, such as magic acts