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TIL that the oval office is not located at the center of the White House, but is instead at the corner of the West Wing building.

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nerjG TIL that John P. O'Neill, counter terror expert and head of FBI National Security Division who spent many years investigating Al Qaeda, retired in early August 2001 and started his new job later that same month - as Head of Security at the World Trade Center. He died there on September 11.
kOvrd TIL that a string one meter longer than the circumference of the earth at the equator, encircling the earth at a uniform height, would have more than six inches clearance.
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