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TIL all 658 employees at Cantor Fitzgerald who had offices in the World Trade Center were killed representing the single largest loss among any single organization in the attacks

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j6P5a TIL The British King during the American Revolution was George III. His wife, Queen Charlotte bore 15 children and 13 lived to adulthood. From those 13, only 8 legitimate heirs were born including the Queen Victoria.
P1EkE TIL that the score to Fame was composed by Michael Gore, who won an Academy Award for doing so. He also scored Terms of Endearment. He is the younger brother of Lesley Gore, who sang It's My Party.
dlB TIL that Eggplant, Tomatoes, and Potatoes are all closely related and are in the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
6E7kY TIL Henry Ford bought an area of Brazilian rainforest the size of Connecticut to build 'Fordlandia', the greatest rubber plantation known to man, where alcohol, women and football were banned. It produced almost no rubber, immediately descended into rioting and disease, and was abandoned
e0B5b TIL Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, which put one of his trademark white shirts and red ties on display. When he handed the shirt to the museum's curator, Rodney joked, "I have a feeling you're going to use this to clean Lindbergh's plane."