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GYJE TIL That Petroleum companies bought rights to Battery patents and sued anyone who used them (with gag orders)
YEwx TIL that an estimated 10-20% of the entire population of Mauritania is enslaved. It only became a crime in 2007.
4loa TIL 28 states in the U.S. have state beverages. Milk is the state beverage of 20.
eypn TIL mechanisms exist in law that can legally kill and break up corporations. The corporation is fully dissolved and assets distributed widely. No shred of the original is allowed to continue. Sometimes called the ‘corporate death penalty’, it has almost never been used.
4Xglb TIL In 2011, after their home was incorrectly foreclosed upon by Bank of America, a judge ordered the bank to pay the couple's legal fees. When it failed to pay, the couple successfully foreclosed upon the bank.