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TIL that Boeing bought 17 Airbus A340 aircraft from Singapore Airlines in exchange for brand new Boeing aircraft in 1999

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4pmJ TIL While US army officer Braxton Bragg held both the job as the company commander and the post quartermaster, he made a request as commander to the quartermaster and when he received the request as quartermaster, he denied it. He continued to argue back and forth with himself through letters.
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