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TIL that McCarthy went after NYC's underground mail tube system (and also that NYC had an underground mail tube system for 50 years)

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4XOg TIL a women fabricated a story about being on the 78th floor of the south WTC after it was hit. She became the president of the WTC Survivors Network. She was in Spain during 9/11.
VAp TIL in 2011, the main menu theme for Civilization IV (“Baba Yetu”) was the first original musical composition from a video game to win a Grammy.
wLAoJ TIL that the first charting song of The Jonas Brothers, Year 3000, is a cover originally done by the British punk band, Busted.
nWPpr TIL that in total, there have been 96 fatalities at Disney amusement parks. Adults make up the majority of deaths at 43.3%, children (under 10) at 15.5%, Teens at 15.5% and seniors (65+) at 11.1% of the deaths. 79% of the deaths were guests while 21% were employees. Natural Causes is the most common
OGoG6 TIL there’s a 12ft tall replica of the Washington Monument under a manhole near the actual monument