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TIL California's state rock is composed of asbestos (Bonus/Also TIL - states have official rocks??)

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RkwQ TIL “Tittynope” is a word
5B1R TIL the world’s first glow-in-the-dark bike path, with swirling patterns inspired by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh’s famous ‘Starry Night’ painting, is open and free to the public in Holland.
Ypbdv TIL that if there are more than 26 hurricanes in the Atlantic hurricane season, storms get named after the Greek alphabet once the English alphabet is exhausted. To date, this has only happened once (in 2005).
oBP5K TIL that in 2010, a man from the West Midlands, UK, was arrested for recording his neighbour’s noisy dogs and playing the noise back at his neighbour.
70kZ TIL there is a traffic light in Germany that has been red for 28 years