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

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Vkmp TIL There is about 0.2 milligrams of gold in our bodies, most of which is in our blood.
rRZLy TIL social interaction may help reverse food and cigarette cravings triggered by being in social isolation
pY58 TIL that when asked what caused Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Paul McCartney replied “In one word, George, drugs. Pot.” When the interviewer said “but you weren’t on it all the time” McCartney replied: “Yes, we were. Sgt. Pepper was a drug album.”
gr6B8 TIL: India has a payment system that is fast, small shopkeepers to large corporations use it and is replacing cash, called the UPI.
696vW TIL that Amanda Knox, while imprisoned, was falsely told she had HIV. This led her to list her sexual partners, which then leaked to the media. This incident is seen as a possible strategy by authorities to probe her personal life for a possible accomplice in the Meredith Kercher murder case.