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TIL that the Boeing factory in Washington is so big that when it was first built clouds formed near the ceiling.

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kOao5 TIL: For the first time in modern history, an effective and safe FDA-licensed inoculation was withdrawn from the market due to media sensationalism and lawsuits. It is unlikely any Lyme inoculation candidates will be developed in the near future within the United States due to these events.
pL08 TIL that Herodotus gives an account of the Agathyrsi, who lived in Transylvania during the fifth century BC. He described them as a luxurious people who held their wives in common, so all men would be brothers.
1aQ08 TIL as of 2019, 2 million Americans do not have running water in their home.
LQylm TIL that after having a hit with Ain't No Sunshine in 1971, Bill Withers refused to quit his job at a factory for some time afterwards, believing that the music industry was fickle. The album cover of the album which features the song is a photograph of Withers outside the factory where he worked.
xVbWB TIL a Texas professor failed his entire class and quit, because he thought that all of his students were disruptive or dishonest and therefore didn’t deserve to pass the course. He said the class was his worst in his 20 years of teaching.