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TIL Boeing bought 17 Airbus A340 from Singapore Airline to convince them to buy it's 777 plane in 1999

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0dX4y TIL that Alexander the Great founded as many as 13 cities during his rule, ten of which had “Alexandria” in their name.
epBA6 TIL : In World War II, the youngest serviceman in the US military was Calvin Graham — age 12. Graham lied about his age when he enlisted in the US Navy. His real age was not discovered after he was wounded.
5jDr TIL a pegion named “Cher Ami” despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood and with a leg hanging only by a tendon flew 40kms to deliver S.O.S message & saved the lives of 194 soldiers in WW1.
NXgN6 TIL that one third of sea level rise is from thermal expansion (not melting ice)
yVnAv TIL of the mystery soda machine on Capitol Hill Seattle, that operated from the late 1990’s until abruptly disappearing in 2018. The machine dispensed flavours of soda that were typically discontinued.