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TIL a 15 year old girl named Marsha Albert was responsible for Beatlemania in the United States in the early 1960’s.

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X0AnE TIL the co-founder of Encyclopædia Britannica was a 4'6" tall Scot with crooked legs and an enormous nose that he would sometimes augment with a papier-mache version. He deliberately rode the tallest horse available in Edinburgh, dismounting by a ladder to the cheers of onlookers.
knKB TIL Truck driving is the most common job in most states in the U.S., due in part to being immune to globalization and automation.
neAGb TIL in 1969, 17 year old Cuban, Armando Socarras Ramirez survived hiding in the right wheel well of a Douglas DC-8 on an eight-hour flight from Havana to Madrid. Upon landing he was found on the ground covered in ice and not breathing, Dubbed ''the popsicle" by Spanish doctors, he recovered fully.
jN1ep TIL To ensure sailors’ safe passage to the afterlife, Romans placed coins under ship masts during construction. This practice is still used in modern shipbuilding to ensure good luck.
4keMw TIL the Parker Solar Probe has become the fastest man-made object traveling at 430,000 MPH, that's around the earth in about 3 minutes.