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TIL Marshall Mabey was a $1 a day NYC tunnel worker called "Sandmen". On Feb 19 he was working under the East River where the tunnel was pressurized to prevent cave ins. A crack in the ceiling vented Mabey up through the mud, the East River and 25 feet into the air. He lived and was uninjured.

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lwAB TIL that Richard Feynman wrote a letter to his wife 16 months after her tragic death from tuberculosis at age 25. The letter remained unopened until his death in 1988.
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