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TIL that up until the 1970s, American insurance companies put vending machines at airport ticket counters which sold plane crash life insurance policies. This practice ended when courts started st... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL that up until the 1970s, American insurance companies put vending machines at airport ticket counters which sold plane crash life insurance policies. This practice ended when courts started strictly enforcing the policies against the insurers.

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