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TIL that Boeing was banned from bidding on contracts for US spy satellites after one of their contracts went over budget by at least $4 billion before it was ultimately cancelled and given to Lockheed Martin.

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V6M0 TIL, In 2010 General Electric brought in $14,000,000,000 in profit world wide, with over $5,000,000,000 in profit brought from the United States alone, and paid no taxes.
kOjdd TIL that it took Tim Treadwell over 6 minutes to die during the bear attack that ended his life.
jNYkn TIL that The Wright Brothers achievement of powered human flight went largely unnoticed and unacknowledged by the American public for years.
5YDkp TIL in 2014, a 15 years old named Jamal Rutledge got arrested for unknown crime. While in handcuffs, the officer who arrested him collapsed from chest pain. Jamal immediately kicked security fence to alert others. Rescuers arrived and were able to transport the officer to hospital in time
N4YJ TIL that the UK banned a disabled man’s wheelchair because it is technically a tank