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TIL that the popularity of pizza is so recent, than in 1950, a lawyer had a witness explain to a jury what it was

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Q6RX TIL the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald sued American Airlines for negligence for letting 9/11 hijackers board their flights. The attacks led to the deaths of numerous Cantor Fitzgerald employees and the destruction of their World Trade Center office. They settled out of court for $135 million.
7Kvr TIL on September 11th, 2001 when the US Airspace was shutdown following the attacks, Canada took in 255 flights bound for the USA making this known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. There were over 30,000 people on all 200 flights. Many Canadians hosted the passengers at home for several days.
oRZQW TIL: Faulty calculations of a doctors surplus led U.S. medical schools to put a moratorium on enrollment between 1980 and 2005. During that time, the US population grew 70 million, but the number of medical school graduates stayed at 16,000 yearly.
lwj5 TIL there was an “MIT Guide to Lock Picking” first published in 1987, 30 years ago. Here’s the full guide