› added 12 years ago

169

TIL “Scientific” tests to determine if Marijuana kills brain cells actually asphyxiated test subjects causing brain damage due to lack of oxygen, not because of the marijuana.

Read more art.net

via reddit.com

pR4O TIL In Czech Republic, women are entitled to up to 4 years of paid maternity leave, increasing to 7 years if the child is disabled.
R5Zd1 TIL that the NFL team the Buffalo Bills were in fact named after Buffalo Bill, the wild west showman/cowboy/buffalo hunter. I know it was probably obvious.
yVPXw TIL in the 1970s, North Korea ordered and received 1000 Volvo 144s from Sweden. And never paid. To date, it is the largest successful car heist in history.
KYVWG TIL that Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, the stars of Romeo and Juliet (1968), sued Paramount, alleging they were misled into performing nude scenes. They were 15 and 16 at the time.
xVp8B TIL Japan was a democracy before WW2