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TIL that the day after Chapman murdered John Lennon, Chapman, Yoko, and Lennon all had front seat tickets to see David Bowie on Broadway

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oRlAR TIL, the Pan-European Picnic was a peaceful demonstration in 1989 where the border between Austria and Hungary was open for 3 hours and It was the largest refugee movement since the Berlin Wall was built. It started the chain reaction of the Warsaw Pact dissolving and the end of the Cold War.
R0ra TIL that Chief Justice John Roberts is also chief justice of the NSA’s surveillance state. He has unlimited power to appoint FISA judges.
D174J TIL the Friends cast each receive $20m royalties per year and NBC receives $1bn in revenue
VBEOk TIL pink was the colour for boys in the early 20th century
v9ZB TIL Alfred Hitchcock was frightened by eggs and was particularly revolted by egg yolks and how they broke and spilled. He never did eat one.