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TIL Paul McCartney dreamed the melody for "Yesterday" one night and composed the music the next morning. He spent a month afterward checking to make sure he hadn't subconsciously copied it from someone else.

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OoRe TIL that there is a mathematical formula that when graphed, produces an image of the formula itself
xoZo TIL that slave labor was used to build the White House
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