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TIL Quebec has a government backed maple syrup cartel that rules with an iron fist by crushing dissenters while investigating, charging and pursuing independent maple syrup producers who question the Cartel’s control of 70% of the global supply.

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D1bAe TIL After losing her husband and four children to yellow fever, and her job to the great Chicago fire, Mary "Mother" Jones became a labor organizer. She organized a march of working children from Philadelphia to New York, and her speeches provoked workers to organize during the Coal Wars.
EgQLX Today I learned OJ Simpson had $8k in cash, passport and fake disguise in the white Bronco chase.
aweZy TIL That the mummified remains of a German man, Manfred Fritz Bajorat, were found on his boat off the coast of the Philippines in February 2016. He had died of a heart attack and a combination of salt air, ocean winds and hot temperatures created the perfect climate needed to preserve his body.
KOwpQ TIL the chemical giant Sigma-Aldrich makes three different corpse scents for canine training, including “recently dead,” “decomposed,” and “drowned victim.”
eeLE TIL the wealthiest 20% of the world’s population receives 76.6% of the world’s income, the poorest 20% of the world’s population receives just 1.5% of the world’s income.