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TIL: Russia made us a 9/11 monument that few know about

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KYYV4 TIL that George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was originally titled "The Last Man in Europe", Orwell later considered "1980" and "1982" before settling on "1984". The title was not just an inversion of the year it was written (1948) which is often suggested.
1ajlV TIL that engineers from six New York City television stations died in the 9/11 attacks because the transmission facilities were in the building and they had to keep broadcasting despite the ongoing disaster. They kept the stations on the air until the towers' collapse.
M1e7 TIL Thomas Jefferson and John Adams once traveled to Stratford-upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare’s birthplace. While there, they took a knife to one of Shakespeare’s chairs so they could take home some wood chips as souvenirs.
WkyZ9 TIL Rockstar allowed fans in 2007 to call a number to rant about what they think was wrong with America. The best ones were feature on the radio station WKTT in GTA IV
WAX TIL that a month before Mubarak’s fall 82% of Egyptians supported stoning to death as punishment for adultery, 77% supported hand amputation as punishment for theft, and 84% supported the death penalty for anyone who leaves Islam