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TIL in 1921 leftover WWI planes were used to drop firebombs on Tulsa’s black community resulting in the “Black Wall Street” burning to the ground.

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94LM TIL Paul McCartney began the recording of “Hey Jude” without knowing that Ringo was absent and sitting on the toilet; Ringo tiptoed his way back into the studio just in time for the drums to come in.
5VD5n TIL that sage (Salvia officinalis) and rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) are closely related to the hallucinogenic drug salvia (Salvia divinorum).
9gEp TIL in Let it Be “Mother Mary” refers to Mary McCartney , Paul’s mother who died when he was 14. She would stop fights between Paul and his brother by telling them “Let it be, boys”. When it was written , the Beatles were constantly fighting with each other so Paul remembered his mother’s words
E1emP TIL Actress Catherino O'hara (Schitt's Creek) has Situs Inversus, a rare congenital condition in which all of a person's internal organs in the thorax and abdomen are positioned on the opposite side to where they should be.
ONVa TIL The United States attempted to buy Greenland in 1946 for $100,000,000 ($1.3 billion today).