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TIL in 1974 Paul McCartney and John Lennon watched SNL in John’s apartment when Lorne Michaels offered $3000 to get the Beatles back together. The two seriously considered going to the studio just a few blocks away but decided it was too late. This was the last time the two would ever be together.

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WaR9 TIL of “Reichstag fire”, a term used to denote a calamitous event staged by a political movement, orchestrated in a way that casts blame on their opponents, causing the opponents to be viewed with suspicion by the public. The Reichstag fire was seen as pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany.
dJxr TIL that since the first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945, over 2000 nuclear weapons have been detonated by 8 different nations in 60 different locations worldwide.
XEZgk TIL of Bayocean, Oregon which was envisioned to be the 'Atlantic City of the West' but eventually completely sunk into the ocean due to poor city planning.
KOpBG TIL that 18th century France developed a visual telegraph system. Using a series of towers topped with adjustable beams that would display a message and instructions on the next tower to relay it to, messages could be sent across the country in a mere matter of hours, long before electricity.
NJJb TIL mosquitoes are most attracted to type O blood