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TIL The Beatles single “Hey Jude” was almost not released because record executives thought the vinyl label was pornographic.

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XEnVR TIL in the United States, 78% of people with the name Leslie are female, but in England 95% are male.
kOdlE TIL In 1983, a German magazine bought what they thought where Hitler’s diaries for $6 million. They were authenticated by 3 handwriting experts, but the magazine refused to let any German experts examine them. The diaries were soon revealed as "grotesquely superficial fakes”.
jNWQN TIL that before Europeans used the word "panther" for melanistic leopards and jaguars, it was a mythical animal, typically a big cat with a multicoloured hide. In heraldry it is depicted with coloured spots and flames coming from its mouth and ears, representing the sweet smelling odour of its roar.
oOYE TIL that MIT researchers studying tongue twisters developed “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod,” which nobody could say 10 times fast. Some who tried it just stopped trying to talk.
MeoKB TIL about a Chinese businessman who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman. All six men were convicted of murder.