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TIL Loblaws and George Weston Limited agreed to pay $500 million to settle the bread price-fixing lawsuit in Canada.

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Arbl TIL Ford released the ECOnetic line of cars in 2008 that average 65 MPG (US), and there are currently no plans to release it in the US.
Bg7Lx TIL: In 1842, John Francis aimed a pistol at Queen Victoria but the gun did not fire and the assailant escaped. The following day, Victoria drove the same route in an attempt to bait Francis into taking a second aim. As expected, Francis shot at her, but he was seized by plainclothes policemen.
E1Gap TIL that the first Apple logo isn’t what you would think. Originally, it featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting beneath a tree, with an apple about to fall on his head. which read “Newton…A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought…alone”.
YpNRP TIL that the Mississippi river was once five miles wide and whales swam up it from the gulf of Mexico. The remains of these whales have been found in Michigan.
v14Qj TIL that virtually every thoroughbred racehorse in existence can be traced back to exactly 3 sires brought to England in the 17th century: the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian, and the Byerly Turk.