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TIL Boeing started the 7XX aircraft series post WW2 for those with then-new jet engines, following the 300/400 (propeller), 500 (turbine), and 600 (rocket) series. The 7 at the end was added by... Marketing.

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9YGV7 TIL SEGA arguably spearheaded internet intergration in home consoles; the SEGA Saturn featured both online multiplayer as well as a fully fledged internet browser back in 1995
4k69b TIL that the NFL has already paid out more than a billion dollars to players affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy, with 99% of deceased NFL players testing positive for the neurodegenerative disease.
nWmbP TIL in 2004, Linda Ronstadt was booted and banned from the Aladdin hotel for dedicating a song to Michael Moore in support of his documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11." Along with this, bedlam began and Ronstadt was immediately booted, not allowed to return to her suite.
Y7LNA TIL that The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.
awjBN TIL about Mike the Chicken. A chicken that lived for 18 months without its head. It died by getting a kernal of corn stuck in its throat.