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TiL that the Beatles self-titled album (aka the White Album) was originally supposed to be called "A Doll's House" until English progressive rock band Family released the similarly titled "Music in a Doll's House" earlier that year.

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YpaJA TIL the Cagots were a group of people that did not differ in race, language, or culture from the people around them... despite this, they were hated and persecuted for centuries, and historians still aren't sure why
W77MA TIL 94 US WWII Servicemen executed by the US Military are buried in "Plot E" of the Oise Aisne American Cemetery in France, a section designated for “the dishonored dead". Hedges hide it from view, no US flag is permitted to fly over it, the graves lack headstones and it is not publicly accessible.
0Qvp TIL 200 Indian women stormed into the court and lynched a serial rapist. 5 women were arrested but released when every women in the local slum claimed responsibility for the murder
VBwP4 TIL that the construction the Three Gorges Dam in China displaced enough water to lengthen the earth's day by 0.06 μs.
VQVD TIL that the median age of a Fox News viewer is 68. 72 for the O'Reilly’s show.