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TIL that in 2015 Boeing patented a plasma force field

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wL5d1 TIL that in 1999, an engineer earned 1.25 million air miles by buying 12150 chocolate puddings for $3000, all in one day. To avoid suspicion, he told people he was stocking up for Y2K.
1AEP TIL that the largest producer of rubber tyres in the world by sheer quantity is Lego
AAn TIL that a trishaw puller in China, Bai Fang Li financed the education of over 300 poor kids, over the years the distance he peddled to sponsor the kids was close to 18 times around the equator. When he died thousands came to say goodbye.
neZZG TIL that Apple employees used to organise an annual award for the employee who best stood up to Steve Jobs. Jobs was aware of the award and liked it.
wDmM TIL saying the same word over and over until it loses it’s meaning is a real thing called semantic satiation