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gMLnX TIL - "Peace of Westphalia", signed on 24th October 1648, was the first international congress atended by almost all European leaders, ending a 30 and 80 y/o war in former Europe, beginning of the new peace order upheld until today.
VB5wp TIL Feudal Japan thought a mythical catfish that lived deep in the earth was the cause of earthquakes and other natural disasters.
4Yrb TIL during a Space Shuttle launch abort in 1984, leaking hydrogen was causing a fire invisible to human eyes. If the astronauts had evacuated according to the emergency procedure, they would have been incinerated by it.
nWdMW TIL that, despite its immense size, the Airbus A380 superjumbo has a landing speed of only 140 knots, which is comparable to various much smaller aircraft, and 20 knots slower than a 747.
N6eP TIL: A Japanese CEO took a pay-cut along with the employees during recession, and, when told about America’s rich-poor pay-gap, said “We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics.”