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TIL that the Soviets built the first Supersonic airliner (before Concorde) and it was a dangerous failure

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4KPo TIL when a mountain was found to be taller than Australia’s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, their names were swapped so that Mount Kosciuszko remained the highest mountain in Australia.
7JrZ TIL that Switzerland has accidentally “invaded” Liechtenstein three times.
9ej6 TIL America’s last third-party candidate to successfully win the presidency was in 1860. The party was the Republicans, and the President was Abraham Lincoln.
8WbZ TIL Mitsubishi once offered “0–0–0” financing (0% down,0% interest,$0 in payments the first year). Initially, sales leapt, but many buyers defaulted at the end of the grace period, leaving Mitsubishi with used cars for which they had received no money and were now worth less than they cost to build.
AD9MB TIL: Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem