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TIL Bruce Springsteen wrote three songs that made it to the top 20 in the 1970s - sung by other performers. He didn't chart that high himself until 1980, with "Hungry Heart," which he originally intended for the Ramones.

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W7y0B TIL in 2020 a bar-tailed godwit broke the "world record" for the longest flight by a bird, flying for 11 days straight from Alaska to New Zealand, a distance of over 12,000 km or 7,500 miles.
NX0EQ TIL an isolated, extinct volcano crater in Papua New Guinea is home to more than 40 unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, including the world's smallest parrot
VQnZ TIL South Africa has one of the largest impact craters on Earth. It is called the Vredefort Dome and is about 160 km in diameter.
KY9JJ TIL the small town of Dalgety, population 252, was almost going to be Australia's capital, as it lead the first six-rounds of preferential voting during the election for a capital, only losing out on the final two rounds.
7EP TIL in 2005 a Romanian murderer attempted to sue God for failing to keep him from the Devil’s influence.