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TIL on a clear day you can see 6 different states from the empire state building. New York,New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Delaware.

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ZN9Q TIL…In 1937, John D. Rockafeller Jr. and Andrew Mellon we’re appointed to a “National Share the Wealth Committee”. They suggested limiting fortunes to $5,000,000, anything over that amount would be put into a trust for poorer Americans.
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