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TIL that there exists an apartment building in midtown NYC that is taller than the One Word Trade Center disregarding the WTC’s spire

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R7xa4 TIL of a place in the Philippines as the site of one of the bloodiest public reenactments of the Passion during Holy Week, particularly on Good Friday. Residents of the area have long claimed that the ancient local image of the Crucified Christ has miraculous healing powers.
7ry5L TIL there are 8 films in the 'Beethoven' (franchise)
xVjRb TIL North Korea is the only 'necrocracy' in the world – which means that it is the only country that is still under the rule of a dead leader.
6Ejaw TIL Alcatraz's prison guards created the myths about man eating sharks and deadly waters of San Francisco to discourage prisoners from escaping. There is only one recorded shark fatality in San Francisco in 1959
GYRjg TIL of Buffalo Child Long Lance, an American journalist, writer and actor from North Carolina who became internationally prominent as a spokesman for Indian causes. He was a darling of Hollywood cocktail parties until it was discovered that he was part black, a fact that ended his career.