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History.com: The World Trade Center's Construction: 8 Surprising Facts

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The twin 110-story towers at the heart of the World Trade Center were designed to surpass New York's iconic Empire State Building -- then the world's tallest building. Building the new towers would marshal unprecedented levels of design innovation, engineering prowess -- and breathtaking risk.

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