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TIL that Bruce Springsteen has a firefighter son

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OGBNL TIL even though Athens was a democracy, and all its adult male citizens were members of the Assembly, many of the city’s offices were filled by lot because election was regarded as undemocratic, since it effectively pronounced some citizens better qualified than others.
BgdBr TIL that there is a mcdonald's restaurant located in one of Budapest's main railway stations (a 19th century building) which has been chosen europe's most beautiful mcdonald's at one point.
epAjD TIL about Operation Abacus, a Canadian military operation in response to anticipated disruption due to the Y2K bug. It was intended as a contingency plan not just to coordinate the protection of government computers but also ensure social order if computing systems went down.
DQmJv TIL that the black mamba can sprint at speeds of up to 16 km/h (10 mph).
7rYpO TIL that the original First Edition of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” didn’t have Oompa Loompas, but an African pygmy tribe that he “rescued” from Africa.