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TIL Ex-Beatle George Harrison was forced against his will to sign a guitar for his cancer doctor as he lay dying. He also broke Harrison’s confidentiality agreement by announcing he was in cancer treatment. He was later convicted of malpractice in 20 other cases.

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vGdR TIL Syphilis been called the French disease in Italy, Poland, and Germany and the “Italian disease” in France. The Dutch called it the “Spanish disease”, the Russians called it the “Polish disease”, the Turks called it the “Christian disease” and the Tahitians the “British disease”.
Db6V TIL that in Germany, when a kid becomes an adult at age 18, it can get rid of all its debt by offering its debtors everthing its owns at that point. The young adult is relieved from all other debts they can’t pay back so that no young adult has to face a life in debt for things they did as teenager.
b9RBa TIL that, in 1846, planet Neptune's exact location was predicted by three astronomers studying the eccentric orbits of several distant asteroids. The data hinted at the presence of a giant, distant planet. Neptune was found on the very first night, only 1° off its predicted position.
VM7G0 TIL Erykah Badu's concert was cancelled in Malaysia in 2012 because it was found that she had applied a temporary tattoo of the word Allah on a part of her body
nWjZo TIL that the MPAA, the organization that rates movies in the U.S., is not a government entity. It’s a private organization that lobbies on behalf of the big 6 Hollywood studios and has very shady ethical practices regarding movie ratings.