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TIL John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "I Wanna Be Your Man" for the Rolling Stones. It was their first big hit in the UK.

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j9dE TIL of the term “Drawbridge Mentality”, a term used to describe people who move into a community they consider “unspoilt”, then oppose any form of inward migration and development.
GY94G TIL the name of the metal cobalt comes from the kobold, a troublesome Germanic spirit that miners blamed for making cobalt ores poisonous.
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