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TIL a B25 bomber hit the Empire State Buildings’ 79th floor.The building was open on Monday, one day after the crash.

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0d4pp TIL the University of Western Ontario has a wind tunnel big enough to hold a two-story house. The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes is used to test the effects of hurricane-strength wind and windborne debris on structures. Weather aficionados call it the "Three Little Pigs Project."
epwWk TIL that the theme song for Magic School Bus was sang by Little Richard.
rB8w TIL that Josip Broz Tito after surviving assassination attempts wrote to Stalin: “Stop sending people to kill me. We’ve already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle … If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.”
a9lZ TIL in the 70’s the CIA had developed a working nearly traceless heart attack gun. It has contributed to many alleged assassinations and has been subject of many whistleblowers, including Matt Simmons who was exposing BP’s lies.
Jl54 TIL that HMO insurance plans pay doctors not to check for certain problems