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TIL that Genelle Guzman-McMillan, a Port Authority Secretary was the last survivor to be pulled out from the rubble of the Twin Towers after the 9/11 attacks. She remained under the rubble for 27 hours only to be discovered by rescuers when a rescue dog named Trakr recognized her scent.

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pYJE4 TIL that Melvin Van Peebles received a loan of 50000 Dollars from Bill Cosby to complete his groundbreaking movie "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"
Yp7Yr TIL: In 2004 a 13yo girl was walking to school but was shot and wounded at a distance by IDF soldiers. As she cowered behind a rock an Israeli captain went up to her and emptied 17 bullets from his rifle into her at point blank range. The captain was exonerated and later promoted to a Major.
gQL8 TIL that manhole covers are round so that they don’t fall into the opening
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b98R7 TIL Phil Collins of Genesis is the largest private collector of Alamo Memorabilia valued in the tens of millions. He donated the collection to the state owned historical site . He is also considered a leading expert on the battle and wrote a book documenting the collection and history.