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TIL About how the only surviving China from the Windows on the World restaurant, that was located inside of the World Trade Center, was recovered post 9/11

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gMPMX TIL that in 1973, three NASA astronauts staged a strike in Space to protest grueling workloads. This caused astronauts now to have better working conditions and breaks between missions.
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