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TIL the Eiffel Tower was originally planned to be demolished in 1909, but was saved because it was repurposed as a giant radio antenna. And in 1913, the tower transmitted a signal all the way to Washington DC.

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oBGKE TIL that in 1985 the French intelligence service bombed a ship docked in New Zealand to prevent it from protesting French nuclear testing.
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