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TIL Boeing's 737 MAX software was outsourced to $9-an-hour Indian engineers

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mdkP TIL the writer of “one flew over the cuckoo’s nest” Ken Kesey faked his own death and fled to mexico because he was caught in possession of marijuana
9w6v6 TIL of Aeschylus, an ancient Greek tragedian, who was killed after an eagle carrying a tortoise, mistook Aeschylus' bald head for a rock suitable for shattering the reptile's shell. Apparently, Aeschylus had been staying outdoors to avert a prophecy that he would be killed "by a falling object".
R5PY1 TIL that in the 1900 Summer Olympics, the Dutch team recruited a young boy from the crowd to be their coxswain. He ran off after the team won and his identity remains unknown.
5YwDn TIL Industry, California is a city in California with only 219 residents, but over 3,000 businesses and 67,000 workers.
b9ga7 TIL the average age people on the autism spectrum die is only 36