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TIL at the end of Pink Floyd’s song "Eclipse", an orchestral cover of the Beatles song "Ticket to Ride" by the Hollyridge Strings can be faintly heard. That was unintended, as the music was playing in the background at Abbey Road when doorman Gerry O'Driscoll was recording his lines for the song.

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QJEge TIL all of Terry Pratchett’s unfinished novels and work have been destroyed by a steamroller following his wishes before he died
7k8b TIL a man called 68 fast food restaurants claiming to be a cop and convinced the restaurant manager to strip teenage employees. He convinced one manager to slap the buttocks of the victim. McDonald’s publicly blamed the victims.
e0gY4 TIL in 2008, deceased Ian Curtis, former frontman of Joy Division, had his tombstone stolen, with the words “Love will Tear is apart” engraved in it.
5Y7jP TIL that before 1530, when “Syphilis” was coined, the Russians had been calling it "Polish disease", the Polish and Germans "French disease" and the Dutch "Spanish disease". The French called it "Italian disease" but the Italians called it "French disease” back at them.
4X7Vb Today I learned of North Dumpling Island in NY, owned by Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway. It has its own currency (the Dumpling) a passport that requires a picture of your face and behind, and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are the ministers of Ice Cream.