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TIL that after the collapse of the Tacoma bridge in 1940, it’s designer Clark Eldridge enlisted in the navy. He was captured and sent to a POW camp by the Japanese for three years. During his imprisonment, a Japanese officer recognized him, walked up to him and said “Tacoma bridge!”.

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