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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.

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0Dkp TIL that the anecdote that says a frog will jump out of a pot of boiling water if thrown in, but sit in a pot of water as it is slowly brought to a boil has been shown to be untrue by modern biologists.
Z8XMQ TIL during the Salem Witch Trials, when Sarah Good was asked to confess at her execution, she told minister Nicholas Noyes "You are a liar! I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life God will give you blood to drink”. 25 years later, Noyes died of a haemorrhage.
p8gMA TIL That Gary Grant Tripped On Acid At Least 72 Times Under The Supervision of a Psychiatrist
OGEEY TIL Cerveza Chango (Chango Beer) is a fictional beer brand that shows up in the movies Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn and Sin City all directed by Robert Rodriguez.
yQvgp TIL that ia bottlenose dolphin in Hawaii asked divers for help.