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TIL of United States Foreign-Trade Zones, where cities like San Jose CA control their own foreign trade policy and are not subject to Federal tariffs.

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6Ee5Y TIL on October 13, 2016, a man high on LSD, Michael Orchard from Halfmoon, NY, drove through his neighbours' fence, broke their glass door and stole their dog, hallucinating that the neighbours' house was burning and he was saving the canine. He then peacefully handed the dog to police officers.
gd7 TIL Boy Scouts of America openly discriminates atheists, agnostics and homosexuals.
X5V8 TIL Robert E. Lee had diarrhea at the Battle of Gettysburg and many believe that may have contributed to some of his poor decisions
1aW1d TIL that in 1966, the world cup trophy was stolen off England, only to be found 7 days later in a garden by a dog named pickles
WklwL TIL Composer Ravel's repeating melody in 'Boléro' was likely caused by a symptom of Alzheimer's disease, which eventually led to his death.