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TIL the construction of the Equitable Building in Manhattan and the controversy surrounding it led New York City to adopt the 1916 Zoning Resolution, the first of its kind in the U.S.

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Jjll TIL there is an independent surrealist horror film that was filmed illegally in Disney world with actors having to use guerrilla tactics like having their scripts on their phones to film undetected
Z8ppv TIL of a woman who tricked her girlfriend into sex by pretending to be a man. She was jailed for 6.5 years for using a fake penis on her partner.
W770d TIL about the B-52 bomber that crashed into the empire state building on July 28th 1945. The pilot had requested clearance to land at LaGuardia due to zero visibility(fog) but was told to reroute and not land. 14 people died as a result of the accident.
9wWP6 TIL Kathy Boudin Served 23 Years In Prison For Felony Murder. After Her Release She Earned A Doctorate And Became An Adjunct Professor At Columbia University.
mxOpp TIL about Philip Gale, child prodigy that committed suicide at age 19, jumping from a classroom's window. Before jumping he wrote on the blackboard Newton's equation for how an object accelerates as it falls, along with a sketch of a stick figure tossing a chair. He signed it, "Phil was here"