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TIL mandatory helmets in cars would have a greater benefit than mandatory helmets for bicyclists

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6EMEX TIL that when Lumber Baron William E Boeing created the Boeing Airplane Company in 1917 the company depended on designs from their first aeronautical engineer hire, Chinese MIT grad Wong Tsu. He worked for a year with the company before returning to China. He fled to Taiwan when Mao took over China
lokXG TIL Chris Evans portrayed a DC comic book character between his Human Torch and Captain America roles
P1lGG TIL a peanut processing plant killed 9 people and hospitalized 700 others because of a filthy warehouse the government ignored for decades. This incident was so severe, new legislation was introduced making it a felony to neglect reporting positive salmonella tests within 24 hrs.
o0Or TIL the company who made Clash of Clans is worth more than Evernote, Eventbrite and Buzzfeed combined, and generated $2.3 billion in revenue in 2015.
Odmg TIL of a chimp named Nim Chimpsy that used sign language to express that he wanted to smoke marijuana