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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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WkROA TIL Vikram Seth missed the Penguin deadline for submitting his anticipated sequel novel "A Suitable Girl" in 2017 due to suffering from writer's block as a result of the failure of a relationship. As of 2020 the novel was still unfinished
Z8X4o TIL Theo Jansen has been creating strandbeesten, which are moving kinetic structures, sometimes wind-propelled, that resemble walking animals. All of his models are based on a system of triangles and connecting links which convert the rotation of an axle into a stepping motion of six or more legs.
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