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TIL There's a man with the surname "Innocent" on the FBI's most wanted list

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6EY8X TIL the design of the original WTC complex was inspired by arabic architecture
6w0X TIL King Solomon had a net worth around $2.1 trillion dollars today. He received 25 tons of gold yearly (one ounce of gold costs $1320 today, a ton is 32,000 ounces.) He ruled for 40 years.
aDEL TIL In 1968 in Mattoon, Illinois, a small restaurant called “Burger King” won a lawsuit against the giant fast food chain of the same name because they had trademarked the name first. Today, there are no Burger Kings legally allowed within 20 miles if the Mattoon location.
41aN TIL that Zurich is the richest city in the world in 2015 (based on GDP per capita)
bjmQ TIL that only 17% of paid clinical trials in the US had their results published in the time required by law. Not publishing all trials allows drug makers to hide unflattering results, and helps medicines look safer and more effective than they really are.