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TIL that creative loopholes are used to avoid import taxes on goods, a practice called tariff engineering. E.g. Ford imported vans to the US with backseats, windows, and seatbelts, removing them later to sell as cargo vans. However, it can later backfire, resulting in fines.

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RO09 TIL that a group of ecologists, chefs, and diners are campaigning to eat lionfish, a fish decimating the native ecosystems and thought to be responsible for a drop in the biomass of native reef fish species by an average of 65 percent
d87Yj TIL Nikola Tesla apparently never slept more than 2 hours per day. He slept 15 minutes ever 4 hours. His lack of sleep may have contributed to his hallucinations, fueling his creativity.
AMln TIL people with short stature have a lower chance of getting cancer due to simply having less cells, thus statistically lowering the odds of mutation.
61XZ TIL in 1997, there was an episode of Goosebumps called “Click.” In it, a kid gets a universal remote, uses it to pause his sister, change the color of his fish, fast forward through time, etc. 9 years later, Adam Sandler starred in a movie of the same name with a similar premise.
LQNp0 TIL that 1993-1994 was when China had its first multi-camera sitcom, I Love My Family, inspired by Mandarin-dubbed episodes of Growing Pains and changed Chinese comedy forever.