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

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OoObX TIl that following the Roman departure from Britain, systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th century. The Roman road network remained the only nationally-managed highway system until the early 20th century.
78keb TIL during The Plague of Justinian, the Emperor Justinian made tax payers liable for what their deceased neighbours owed in taxes.
gdwX TIL the fork came to Italy before any other European country because of pasta
gMeQb TIL of a brawl involving 50 congressmen on the US House floor in 1858. It ended when someone knocked off a man's wig and the man accidentally put it back on backwards, causing both sides to laugh and stop fighting.
4AWR TIL “What Does the Fox Say?” is the highest charting Norwegian song since a-ha’s “Take on Me” in 1985