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TIL Boeings own QA staff sued the company for deliberately using cheaper sub-standard parts.. and lost because the FAA gave Boeing a clean chit

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R7A18 TIL an abstract from a paper about butt reflexology (pressure points on the butt that can be used for therapeutic effects) that was written to show the dangers of having low standards in science, was accepted by the Jerusalem International Conference on Integrative Medicine.
D1w7v TIL Che Guevara's real name was Ernesto Guevara. He was nicknamed "Che" because he used the word "Che" (which means 'pal' or 'buddy') excessively while talking to people.
Z0vR TIL The Tesseract in the Captain America, Avengers and Thor films is actually the Space Gem, one of 6 Infinity gems in the Marvel Universe, which gives the holder omnipresence. The Aether in Thor 2 is also an Infinity gem, likely the Power Gem, which amplifies all energy
PYWaw TIL that the loudest word shouted is 'quiet' by a teacher trying to make her pupils stop talking. It reached 121 dB which is barley louder than thunder clapping.
javM TIL that the rightful heir to the North Korean ruling dynasty, Kim Jong-nam, has been living in exile in China since 2001 after traveling to Japan on a forged Dominican Republic passport using a Chinese alias, Pang Xiong, which means “fat bear” in Mandarin, in an attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland