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TIL in 1979 the company Shell pressed a release of The Beatles' album Help! with the Shell logo added on the cover and gave the records to their managers and staff.

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X0Ejj TIL That there was a plot to kill or kidnap George Washington early in the Revolutionary War - the traitors were from Washington's Life Guards, similar to today's Secret Service. One of the traitors was the first person to be put to death for treason, Thomas Hickey, in front of 20,000 people.
6En0m TIL Republicans and Democrats used to switch symbolic colors until the 2000 presidential election
5YvMr TIL in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', most of the snakes in the 'Well of Souls' scene were actually just pieces of hose. The scene was filmed in England where producers couldn't find enough snakes in pet shops to make the scene work. Many of the real snakes used would also not be found in Africa.
OowJ4 TIL a 2014 study found that comedians scored significantly higher on 4 types of psychotic characteristics compared to a control group of people who had non-creative jobs
jNDWN TIL that Debt was around even before money. In fact, money was invented to keep track of debt!