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TIL no hurricane ever crossed the equator.

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M7A90 TIL in 1969, after an argument between the 4 Beatles members at London’s Olympic recording studios, 3 left. Paul McCartney stayed, where he encountered Steve Miller, and together they recorded "My Dark Hour." Paul played drums on the track, which helped him release all his anger from the argument.
KOZbG TIL The Earth loses hundreds of tons of oxygen to space. This happens at places near the poles, called polar cusps where the solar wind can collide with Earth’s atmosphere. Luckily the process will take billions of years to strip away the atmosphere completely.
d8XlZ TIL of the Dunblane massacre in 1996, 16 children and a teacher were shot dead in a UK primary school. The direct response was a ban on all cartridge ammunition handguns.
xVYD0 Today I learned that Colleen Fitzpatrick, who played Amber Von Tussle in the original 1980's movie Hairspray by John Waters, went on to perform as Pop Star Vitamin C, known for the songs "Smile" and "Graduation( Friends Forever)
KpxR TIL that David Rockefeller, the great grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, at age 101 has recieved 7 heart transplants in his lifetime. More than anyone else alive.