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TIL The camera that recorded the only known footage of the first plane strike on 9/11 is now in the Smithsonian Museum

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4kelb TIL for 2 years the US had a 100 year old man as president of the senate; being 3rd in line for the presidency
aA1A TIL the genetic IQ of the world’s population is going down by 1.34 points per decade, because intelligent people have fewer children on average.
0wp81 TIL a man successfully escaped a high security prison using only a cardboard box
167VV TIL In an experiment, participants were asked if they would be willing to pay either "a $5 fee" or "small $5 fee" to have DVDs shipped overnight. Spendthrifts were indifferent, but tightwads were 20 percent more likely to pay the fee if called “small.”
GMKg TIL Harper Lee’s character Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird had a profound effect on the legal profession. He is considered by lawyers to be an example of the honorable attorney. Richard Matsch, the judge who presided over the McVeigh trial, counts Atticus as a major judicial influence.