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TIL Los Angeles has a more densely populated urban area compared to New York City

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R5Vyw TIL Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood. Two hearts pump blood to the gills, while the third circulates it throughout the body. Their blood is blue due to a copper-based molecule, efficient in cold, low-oxygen environments.
BrBDk TIL the streets of Hong Kong are littered with abandoned cars including highly sought after classic and JDM cars (Skylines/NSXs/Supras/Lotus) due to strict annual car inspections resulting in mandatory repairs. Parking can cost as much as rent so often they just buy new cars and abandon the old one.
6ZW8 TIL candy pumpkins were placed on the seat of every U.S. Senator by the candy industry in 1985 in hopes of extending U.S. daylight saving time to cover Halloween.
vPvmB TIL Barry Manilow thought "Last Christmas" by Wham! was so similar to his 1978 hit "Can't Smile Without You" that he took George Michael to court. But the case was thrown out after a musicologist presented 60-odd songs from the past century that had a comparable chord sequence and melody.
X4EE TIL that the phrase “when in Rome, do as the Romans do” comes from St. Ambrose who would switch his Milanese patterns of fasting to those of the Romans whenever he stayed in Rome.