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TIL Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Was 'Mongolian Rhapsody' according to early lyric sheet

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JY4R1 TIL NBC would occasionally add a fourth note to its chimes to notify reporters to immediately return to the office to prepare historic news reports. The fourth chime was most famously used during the nation's D-Day reports, but was discontinued after WWII.
W7JAY TIL the man who pioneered 24 hour broadcasting would also be responsible for John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Bed In, created Captain Canada, and demanded that Inspector Gadget be played during the evening news.
rNmb0 TIL for their size, barnacles possess the longest penis of any animal (up to eight times their body length).
Oow4X TIL that the US recorded Germany’s nuclear scientists (most of whom thought an atomic bomb was impossible) finding out about Hiroshima
nWyx7 TIL it's been observed that pilot fish can form sort of symbiotic relationships with sharks. In fact, if their shark is caught, the pilot fish will follow the boat that took it and become distressed when it can't find it or isn't near its "ghost" shark.