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a8QGN TIL that when asked to appear on the Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover, legendary actress Mae West joked, “What would I be doing in a Lonely Hearts Club?” She only agreed after receiving a letter of admiration from the band.
kJlJd TIL Matthew Shepard had a sexual history with one of his killers.
gMWW9 TIL of "Jerome of Sandy Cove" an unknown man who washed up on the shore of Nova Scotia September 8 1863. Both his legs were amputated above the knees and he couldn't (or refused to) understand French, Latin, Italian, or Spanish. He died 49 years later and no one ever figured out where he came from.
ANdnB TIL that censoring video games would be a first amendment violation, according to a 2011 verdict
PvLg TIL: The Nazis during WW2 formed a plan called ‘Operation Bernard’ in which they were to crash Englands economy by counterfeiting £132m GBP and dropping it over England by planes. This would be worth £8.3bn today.