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TIL that one of The Rolling Stones' early hits, "I Wanna Be Your Man," was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles.

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Lkxpr TIL Jeffery Dahlmer was converted and baptized in prison in 1994, where he continued meeting with the minister who baptized him. The pastor received a Thanksgiving Day card in November 1994, thanking him for teaching him God's word. Dahlmer died a few days later.
P1Pyn TIL L. Frank Baum, The author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" proposed exterminating Native Americans in a newspaper column he wrote before turning to children's literature, at a time when the animosity between Americans and Natives ran deep.
Me9Ga TIL about the Mafia hypothesis which suggests that certain brood parasites such as the great spotted cuckoo will destroy other species' nests if they do not care for the parasites' eggs
e0k4g TIL Ice cream must contain 10% dairy milkfat and no more than 100% overrun (amount of air whipped into the base, doubling volume) to prevent unscrupulous manufacturers selling an ice cream product that is mainly air instead of cream. For example, gelato is generally more dense due to 20-30% overrun.
awmg9 TIL of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, who was fishing off the coast of a remote Icelandic island inhabited by puffins when his ship capsized. He survived by swimming six hours in freezing water and walking several miles over volcanic rock. An average person survives in those conditions for about 75 minutes.