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TIL it is illegal in the United States to advertise falsely art claimed to be Native American

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6wPJ TIL Bruce Springsteen’s classic, Born to Run, almost became the official song of New Jersey until legislators listened to the lyrics and realized the song was about wanting to get out of New Jersey.
VBNYp TIL "(They Long to Be) Close to You" by The Carpenters is a cover
nQ5Y TIL After Michael Jackson’s hair was accidentally set on fire during the shooting of a Pepsi commercial in 1983 he chose not to sue but instead asked Pepsi to fund the creation of a burn center.
5VeKn TIL: Only 40% of Large NEOs (Near Earth Asteroids) have been identified
PYprZ TIL: Robert Fortune was a Scottish man who infiltrated the Chinese tea industry in the 19th century, eventually smuggling out tea plants and revealing that the Chinese had been dying their tea with hazardous dyes, effectively ended the Chinese tea industry at the time.