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TIL that internal Boeing messages revealed engineers calling the 737 Max “designed by clowns, supervised by monkeys,” after the crashes killed 346 people.

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Brlmy TIL that the Queen of Englands reign has seen 12 American presidents in office and she’s met all of them, except for one.
aKmJ TIL Dr. Barry Marshall was convinced that H. pylori bacteria causes stomach ulcers, but no one believed him. Since it was illegal to test this theory on humans, he drank the bacteria himself, developed ulcers within days, treated them with antibiotics, and went on to win a Nobel Prize.
OoA9a TIL about a man that taught himself how to pick the "unpickable" lock boxes of pay phones. He stole an estimated $500,000 in quarters from phones in 30 states, taunted the FBI, and was featured on America's Most Wanted twice. After getting caught, he had to pay back $800.
n5kY TIL that it’s common to mention illnesses when offending someone in Dutch. Some translated examples include: “Get the cancer”, “Cancer mongoloid” and “Typhoid off”.
eLL TIL That the rating for “This Is Spinal Tap” on IMDB goes up to 11 instead of 10.