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TIL: Only two companies have a higher credit rating than the US Government, Microsoft and Johnson&Johnson

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xVoL1 TIL Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen from a prominent paramilitary group between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.
Wkjw4 TIL that in the most well-known ranking of the world's top airlines, airlines from Indonesia (Garuda Indonesia), Russia (Aeroflot), the Philippines (Philippine Airlines), and multiple low-cost airlines (AirAsia, easyJet), are ranked ahead of the highest-ranked American airline
d80EQ TIL about Marinos Mitralexis, a Greek WW2 pilot who downed an Italian bomber by ramming when out of ammo, made an emergency landing and arrested the surviving bomber crew with his pistol.
kOB6g TIL that there is a 8.5 cm (3.3 in) aluminium astronaut on the moon called the Fallen Astronaut meant to honor astronauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration.
Y7Lg7 TIL that there is a Penis Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland containing over 200 different types of penisses from different types of creatures.