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TIL Boeing doesn't build the fuselages for their 737 & 787

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j69Wa TIL about Gilles de Rais, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc was put on trial and eventually found guilty of the abduction, torture and murder of more than 140 children in attempt to summon a demon named Barron.
aPKy TIL in the US, maternal deaths during pregnancy declined to 9.1 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies by 1986. It has risen since then and now is at 18.5 deaths per 100,000.
Oodr7 TIL about Mitchell Herndon, a teen with a disease so rare it didn't have a name. Being only one of two people ever, they diagnosed it through the help of fruit flies. When he passed away, they opted to name it "Mitchell Disease"
R5M5w TIL that states required blood tests to get married until 1980, the latest being Montana in 2019. These blood tests originally checked for syphilis when it was a crisis and transitioned to checking for STDs.
kQRd TIL The Coca-Cola company was ordered by a US judge to turn over their secret formula twice- they refused both times.