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TIL in Delaware, license plate numbers can be traded between individuals. Numbers 4 and up are eligible for trade, and lower digit numbers can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In 2008, the number 6 sold for $675,000.

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0dRkp TIL of William E. Boeing who dropped out of Yale University in 1903. Boeing founded the United Aircraft & Transport Corp. but in 1934, the Air Mail Act was passed. Boeing was forced to break his company up into 3 separate entities which included 'Boeing' and 'United Airlines.'
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