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TIL Why Planes Aren’t Flying Any Faster—and Won’t Any Time Soon

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OGBKL TIL that some fish can make their own booze (alcohol) when they are oxygen deprived...
5YVL9 TIL That millions of people like ants. I mean look at all the views over 19 million on a guy talking about ants. The weird thing is I kinda enjoyed it.
dYPr TIL JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jaime Dimon, paid a $9 billion fine to prevent a whistle-blower from testifying in one of the biggest white-collar crimes in American History.
Z8PXY TIL - Tony Hawk Performed 50 Tricks in Celebration of Turning 50. The 50 tricks were among the 100+ tricks that he created since he started skating in '77.
LQGL0 TIL that the Crow tribe supported the United States in their war against the Lakota, their enemies. They mourned the death of Custer and his men, and it was said that the people of the tribe could only sleep peacefully without fear of Lakota attacks after the final defeat of the Lakota.