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TIL John Stamos, the actor, often plays drums for the Beach boys and has since 1985.

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VBN5D TIL, we were sending men into space, and nearly sent man to the moon, before we discovered what plate tectonics were. We didn’t know how mountains or earthquakes happened until 1966
oBGRY TIL in 1972 legendary English songwriter Paul McCartney wrote the song, "Give Ireland Back to the Irish." It was promptly banned from broadcast in the United Kingdom and not played by the majority of radio stations in the United States. However, it was the number one song in Ireland.
ANRyx TIL that the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota was named after a log cabin chapel
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jNK9v TIL under President Reagans directive, the United States (via the CIA) funneled more than $2 billion in guns and money to the mujaheddin (which became the Taliban) during the 1980s to defeat and remove the Soviets in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action program since World War II.