TIL that a U.S. court once debated whether the X-Men are human or not, because "dolls"- which represent human beings - are tariffed at twice the rate of "toys" - which represent something other than human (monsters, robots, etc.). The court decided that X-men are not human.

http://www.radiolab.org/story/177199-mutant-rights/



Submitted January 31, 2015 at 06:55AM by Chackjicker http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2u9ex7/til_that_a_us_court_once_debated_whether_the_xmen/