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TIL: That London Bridge /wasn't/ bought by a rich American who thought it was Tower Bridge. It was put up for sale by the City of London, because it was sinking and would have had to been demolished. It was bought by Robert McCulloch, an American billionaire, to help develop a new city in Arizona.

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