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TIL that five months before the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, George Harrison became the first Beatle to step foot in America when he visited his older sister who was living in Southern Illinois.

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JEkj TIL in the days after the 9/11 attacks the German warship Lutjens(D185) passed by the US destroyer Winston S. Churchill with the US flag flying at half-mast and the sailors Manning-the-Rails, an honor typically reserved for heads of state.
rN7r1 TIL that over 10,000 people have won the 72 ounce steak challenge
epWL4 TIL that Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words
ne88Y TIL Oxford researches attributed 10,000 suicides to "the Great Recession" from 2008 to 2010 in North America and Europe
v1Q0L TIL The Knights of Malta (aka Hospitallers) are considered the world's smallest sovereign state and even issue their own passports.