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TIL male ants do not have fathers because unfertilized eggs become males while fertilized eggs become females

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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.
8ebVX TIL that the record for the shortest F1 career is just 2 metres of racing, achieved by German driver Ernst Loof, who only competed in the 1953 German Grand Prix
M7aMW TIL of 22 year old Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing, who held back a Confederate attack with his artillery during the Battle of Gettysburg. His abdomen was ripped open by shrapnel, but he continued directing fire until he died. He was awarded the Medal of Honor 151 years later.
aw66M TIL That the Hostages Involved in the Iran Hostage Crisis Were Given Lifetime Passes to MLB Games
E1rko TIL The USA won the last ever Olympic gold medal for rugby in 1924 and are therefore technically still reigning champions.