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27 years ago today, Alanis Morissette released her third studio album, 'Jagged Little Pill' What are your top three songs? 💿 https://t.co/P8zCCA2bvs

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In the 1980s, the New State Assembly voted to honor Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run" as the "rock theme" of NJ The bill didn't pass in the state senate when they realized the song was about running away from New Jersey

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When Germany surrendered at the end of World War II, large celebrations broke out in the streets of London Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and her sister secretly fled Buckingham Palace to join the crowd, and she calls it one of the most memorable nights of her life

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Have you ever heard the original story of "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen? Hint: It's much darker than the Disney version (thread)

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Witches are traditionally depicted as green, thanks to "The Wizard of Oz." In L. Frank Baum's original novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," the Wicked Witch is not described as having green skin The decision to make her green was made for the 1939 film adaptation. Since then, the… https://t.co/sdeGCDKPOP https://t.co/IrOg40W3Q7

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The book "Where the Wild Things Are" was originally named “Where the Wild Horses Are" until the author, Maurice Sendak, realized he couldn't draw horses. When the editor asked what he could draw, Sendak replied "things" So he drew things

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Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby was initially commercially unsuccessful, selling only about 20,000 copies upon release F. Scott Fitzgerald never earned more than $2,000 from the book in his lifetime, and it eventually fell into obscurity by the time of his death in 1940 https://t.co/E7WvSoAKuG

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Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby was initially commercially unsuccessful, selling only about 20,000 copies upon release F. Scott Fitzgerald never earned more than $2,000 from the book in his lifetime, and it eventually fell into obscurity by the time of his death in 1940 https://t.co/E7WvSoAKuG

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Stephen King initially threw away the first few pages of "Carrie," but his wife fished it out of the trash, saying she liked it and would assist from a female perspective "Carrie" was his first published book. The paperback version sold 1 million copies in its first year

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The CIA's official motto is "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"