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TIL: This year Arizona signed a bill making Pluto the official state planet. Arizona legislators said Pluto was downgraded due to jealous Europeans. Arizona discovered it whereas all prior planets were discovered by Europeans. The bill was a bipartisan effort.

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rNk9w TIL one of the proposed definitions for the meter was the seconds pendulum, which takes 1 second for each swing
GE6E TIL The shortest Tube journey is 260 metres, between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line. It takes 30 seconds, but costs £4.90 (6USD) as a single cash ticket.
Z8MmG TIL that in 2016 a gang of five men were jailed for stealing £25,000 worth of Jammie Dodgers from a factory in Torfaen, Wales. As they were being led away from the docks, one of the defendants called out "Does anyone want a biscuit?".
Aexw TIL - Heinz ketchup has the number 57 on it just because H.J. Heinz thought it was luckier than 60 which was the number of varieties of their products at the time.
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