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Prompt A video essay on why the Brooklyn Bridge took fourteen years to build, for people curious about New York history.
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Miami's founder could not vote
Julia Tuttle is often called the only woman to found a major American city. When Miami became a city in 1896, Florida law barred her from voting.
Arctic sea ice
For 25 years, every September has had less Arctic sea ice than any September of the 1980s. One chart of NSIDC data shows it.
One spin per orbit
Why the same side of the Moon always faces Earth: it spins exactly once each trip around Earth.
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