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TIL that Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest, and lost.

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Z87vY TIL the person who is blind or visually impaired listens to the flow of traffic, determines when it is safe to cross, and then signals the dog to go forward. However, if a car is coming, the dog is taught to refuse to obey the command.
4X48N TIL that a 2015 finders keepers law allows private companies to own anything they find in the outer space and that startups are already rushing to mine asteroids to take advantage of that law
oBMVL TIL there are bronze statues of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and Splinter) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, donated by their comics co-creator & university alum Peter Laird.
9YAm TIL that the orbits of all the planets of the solar system were within the same 90° arc of the solar system on February 1, 949, and that the next time it is thought this will occur is on May 6, 2492.
m1JGE 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.