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TIL Article I, Section 9, Clause 5 of the US Constitution makes export tariffs illegal.

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WNY4 TIL that Frank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a pack of Camel cigarettes.
mBBo TIL “scrub” was used as an insult meaning a “mean, insignificant fellow” as far as the 1580s.
rRB80 TIL The Blind Boys of Alabama is an American gospel group started in 1939 that is still active today.
b9lQ9 TIL the largest British ship lost at sea, the MV Derbyshire at 92,000 tons, went down in a typhoon off Japan without ever issuing a mayday call. Investigators found the wreck and concluded the entire sinking could have happened in as little as two minutes. This video simulation is real time.
e0lgL TIL that the reason there was a talking robot in Rocky 4 was because Stallone used that robot at home to help his autistic son, so he wrote it into the script so that he could have his son on set with his robot and care worker