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TIL that the CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots, when interviewed about this he said “We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics.”

wLnmJ TIL The largest beaver dam on Earth is located in northern Alberta, is visible from space and is over 2,790 feet in length. Experts believe construction began in the 1970s, making it a multi-generational project.
X0YkR TIL Peugeot, the French carmaker, began in the 1800s as a grain mill company that made coffee grinders, pepper mills, and steel corset frames before producing their first vehicle in 1889.
Y70kx TIL U.S. railroads adopted the Standard Time System on the "Day of Two Noons." On Nov. 18, 1883, the Univ. of Pittsburgh's observatory telegraphed railroads at the exact moment of high noon under the 90th meridian line to reset/synchronize their clocks, dissolving the 100+ timezones previously used.
7rZ6b TIL about Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring (1962). The book accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation on the harmful effects of pesticides. The book is credited with inspiring the environmental movement, leading to the formation of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency
kyV7 TIL The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan was so powerful it tilted the Earth’s axis 25 cm and changed the Earth’s rotation making days 1.8 microseconds shorter