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epamg TIL At 22:43 on May 24, 2001, a large portion of the third floor of the Versailles Wedding Hall collapsed in Talpiot, Jerusalem, Israel. Twenty-three people fell to their deaths through two stories, while another 380 were injured to varying degrees.
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j4gM TIL Richard Feynman was arrested while working on the Manhattan Project for playing pranks on military guards using a hole in the security fence. And safe-cracking.
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