› added 9 years ago

153

TIL Canada has been sued more times through free-trade provisions than any other developed country, mainly by the US and Mexico for implementing environmental legislation.

Read more huffingtonpost.ca

via reddit.com

rRak4 TIL from the 1920's to the 1950's cigarette companies routinely paid doctors to endorse and prescribe their brand of cigarettes to patients, falsely claiming them as a "healthy" alternative to other brands. This was done to cover up increasing evidence of the harm done by smoking.
QNJVL TIL:Forest glass was produced in northwestern and central Europe from approximately 1000–1700 AD using wood ash and sand as the main raw materials and made in factories known as glasshouses.
gMrxL TIL: Over 25% of enlisted American Troops have a definable mental illness.
QOx9 TIL the IRS uses 56 year old software to receive taxpayer data and dispense refunds.
eLmn TIL Catholics are forbidden from joining Masonic organizations and those who do are subsequently in a “state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.”