› added 8 years ago

224

TIL up to 75% of the extra virgin olive oil sold in the US does not meet the legal standard for such a label and is often fraudulently composed

Read more time.com

via reddit.com

Or1a TIL that Lincoln had depression for most of his life and often contemplated suicide.
Eklo TIL Citizens of Monaco are not allowed to gamble at the Casino in Monte Carlo. Passports are checked to enforce this.
9wLB TIL only 6 people attended Thomas Paine’s funeral, one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. because of his ridicule of Christianity.
8aQ7X TIL that Czechoslovakian car company, Tatra, sued Ferdinand Porsche for patent infringement, due to similarity in design between the VW Beetle and the Tatra V570. Hitler said he would "solve his problem," subsequently invading Czechoslovakia in 1938. The lawsuit was dropped soon after.
NLnJ TIL Hippo milk is pink.