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TIL when the planned community of Levittown, NY, was opened in 1947, the builders managed to sell 1400 houses in the first 3 hours.

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9D8G TIL that Timothy Dexter (1748 – 1806), an American businessman, faked his own death to see how people would react. About 3,000 people attended Dexter’s mock wake. When Dexter did not see his wife cry, he caned her for not grieving enough.
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