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TIL that Victor Gruen who designed the first mall in the US, in later years hated what he created and even disowned it

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v19YB TIL Despite the MCAS system on 737 MAX causing crashes in the simulator Boeing hid the MCAS problems from the FAA to avoid any additional costs and declined "stupid" requests for pilot training maintaining it was not needed. Boeing promptly blamed the pilots when the MCAS failed and they crashed.
j6oRE TIL That babies born during the Dutch famine of 1944-45, had a higher likelihood of becoming obese as adults compared to the general population.
epOEg TIL South korea has more population density than India and netherlands
b9L10 TIL in 1988 the UK de-recognised the Cambodian embassy in London in order to enter the building and remove squatters who had occupied it since 1976. Under the 'adverse possession' common law, the squatters would have gained title to the building following twelve years of continuous occupation.
R5VXl TIL That Slovenia ranks at the very top of the EU Member States in terms of the number of beekeepers per capita at 5 bee keepers per 1 thousand inhabitants.