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TIL that the longest criminal trial in Canada was when the company responsible for Caillou committed major accounting fraud.

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Y7BJx TIL As a result of the WARN act - Large companies are required to give states notice before massive layoffs, and most states allow you to look at which companies will be laying off employees ahead of time.
5E9D TIL that there are more words in the “with” family besides “without” and “within.” There are also “withover” and “withunder”, meaning “greater than or equal to” and “less than or equal to”, respectively.
J1yGv TIL The classic Chinese takeout box was originally designed for holding oysters, and later honey. Early patents are from the late 1800s and association with Chinese food came with the rise of takeout in Post-WW2 United States.
agG0 TIL that in 2010 3 burglars who thought they had found a stash of cocaine ended up snorting the ashes of a man and his two great danes
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