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TIL according to a 2006 poll by Marist College, a plurality of people wanted the World Trade Center in New York City rebuilt as it was before 9/11. Complete with its iconic Twin Towers.

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GY0b5 TIL In the early 1960s The Friars Club unknowingly hosted a 5-year long elaborate card cheating scheme involving celebrities, the mafia, an accomplice peering through a hole in the ceiling, and wireless codes sent to a vibrating device hidden on the cheater at the table below. Millions were lost.
vKlR TIL A Chinese construction company built a 30-story hotel in 15 days. The hotel is energy efficient, has air 20 times cleaner than comparable hotels, and can withstand earthquakes up to magnitude 9.
QdPe TIL the fable “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” does not increase the likelihood of honesty in children. However, the story that rewards honesty, “George Washington and the Cherry Tree”, does.
xVBXk TIL Paul Newman, Actor and Founder of Newman’s Own, also founded a summer camp called the Hole In The Wall Gang. It is a summer camp for seriously ill children of all ages, free of charge.
YYG7 TIL that the Islamic “Assassins” stuck into Saladin’s tent and left a death threat and piece of cake on his chest as he was sleeping. He then made a peace deal.