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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.

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9LxQ TIL there are three times as many atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
neNOW The university city of Tübingen, in southwest Germany, is testing free public transportation for all residents.
M71AV TIL that the first clear aerial image of a city was taken on October 13, 1860 by James Wallace Black. It was shot from a hot-air balloon at 1,200 feet and was called 'Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It'.
Lk06Z TIL there's an archaic Cyrillic character, ꙮ, called the "Multiocular O", only attested in a manuscript in the word for "multieyed seraphim"
WkrE4 TIL Mercury is actually closer to Earth than Venus and Mars (mostly). And same applies to the sun and all planets in the Solar System.