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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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