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TIL The real reason Boeing's new plane crashed twice was mainly due to their business decision to compete with their chief rival, Airbus. Investigators have faulted Boeing and the F.A.A. over how parts of the 737 Max was designed and certified

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X04rD TIL that New York City is reintroducing millions of oysters into their harbor to help clean the water and create marine habitats. They've been collecting used shells from local restaurants to create new homes for juvenile oysters.
7Nvx TIL in the 50s, teenagers having a stable monogamous relationship (“going steady”) was considered edgy and frowned upon by parents and the church as amoral. Instead they encouraged their kids to go out with different people every weekend. (read column on the right)
DMjV TIL in 1602 The Dutch East India Company undertook the world’s first IPO and, therefore, became the first public company to issue stock.
Zp9JB TIL when David Gilmour was having trouble helping an equally frustrated Syd Barrett learn a guitar solo, Gilmour recorded the solo himself and then played it back to Barrett in reverse. Upon hearing the reversed playback Barret was instantly able to play the solo forwards
8aye4 TIL that romans invented the flamethrower in the early middle ages, only to lose the invention when the guy who invented it died. They re-invented it about 200 years later. It's also most likely the inspiration for the "wilfire" in GoT.