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TIL The Beatles had EXTREMELY MODEST demands in their 1965 USA Tour rider, including just “four cots, mirrors, an ice cooler, portable TV set and clean towels.”

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xV0D5 TIL a Starbucks Venti size differs for hot (20 oz) and cold (24 oz) drinks. Grande (16 oz) and Tall (12 oz) sizes remain the same for hot and cold drinks.
4X786 TIL the planes that struck the World Trade Center Twin Towers weighed 100% more, carried 100% more fuel, and flew 100% faster than the plane whose impact the buildings were designed to withstand, a Boeing 707 airliner flying at landing approach speeds.
6E9Ym TIL there is an International Standard for making a cup of tea, and the milk goes in first (except in Ireland who have officially expressed disapproval)
8NDG TIL: The Third World was so named during the Cold War to describe countries not aligned with the US or USSR, and had nothing to do with poverty
OogYY TIL that Hunter S. Thompson's breakfast consisted of - 4 Bloody Marys, 2grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crêpes, a 1/2 pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned-beef hash with diced chilies, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon, 2 margaritas & 6 lines of cocaine