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TIL Renowned architect Minoru Yamasaki designed the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project in St. Louis and he envisioned a community lifestyle similar to sidewalks in a high-rise setting, where children and adults could gather safely. However, these community spaces were used by gangs to harass residents

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XddQ TIL In 1795, as Composer Joseph Haydn conducted the premiere of his 102nd symphony, the audience pressed forward out of their seats to get a closer look. Moments later, a chandelier crashed to the floor where the seats had emptied, killing no one and giving this piece the name “The Miracle”.
d8vN8 TIL two businessmen in Québec bet $517,000 on a best-of-three game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. The loser had to sign a notarized recognition of the debt contract, secured with a mortgage over the loser’s house.
Mbxm TIL in 1987 a robbery suspect in Sacramento fled into a darkened movie theater to escape police. He became so engrossed in the movie, Robocop, that he failed to notice that police had evacuated all other patrons from the theatre. When the lights flipped on, the stunned man was taken into custody.
6EpLl TIL that the Germans probably didn't give the US Marine Corps their "Devil Dog" nickname.
gMRRb TIL: The rumored ancient Egyptian city of Thonis (Heracleion), said to be the most significant port in the region before Alexandria was established, had become a legend. It was lost to myth until archaeologist Franck Goddio and team happened upon its ruins --underwater, several miles off the coast.