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TIL almost 20 years after the attacks experts are still working to identify remains of 9/11 victims

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9ww16 TIL US President John Adam’s beloved daughter Nabby developed breast cancer and underwent a complete mastectomy without anesthesia while strapped to a chair.
kOrA4 TIL sections of a 2500 year old Greek play believed to have been lost forever in the fire that destroyed the great Library of Alexandria were rediscovered on papyrus stuffed inside an Egyptian mummy. The pages were later translated and used in an actual play that was presented to audiences
Alr7 TIL that Time Magazine readers voted Anonymous the most influential group out there, barely beating out Reddit.
rNRe4 TIL that bees don't fly in the dark unless completely necessary.
e0PQ4 TIL For years after movie The Taking Of Pelham 123 was released in 1974, New York City Transit Authority would not schedule any train to leave Pelham Bay Park station at 1:23. To this day subway dispatchers have avoided scheduling a Pelham train at 1:23 p.m. or a.m.