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TIL 21 libraries that included the Helen Keller archives, photo negatives of JFK, priceless art, evidence and files of investment fraud being investigated by the SEC, CIA files in a secret office, the 3000 lives and infrastructure loss was totaled up to 30.5 Billion when the Twin Towers fell.

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