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TIL The platypus was once considered to be a myth like Bigfoot or The Yeti

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Y7keG TIL Paul McCartney agreed to join the board of organizers of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival on the condition that the Jimi Hendrix Experience be invited to perform. They were invited and Jimi ended his performance by lighting his guitar on fire, immediately making him a rock legend.
xVrxg TIL that as recently as 2003 homosexual relationships were illegal in 14 states; until the Supreme Court struck down these laws.
vwgD TIL: Sting earns 100% of the royalties ($2000 a day) from Puff Daddys’ song ‘I’ll be missing you’, because Puff Daddy didn’t ask permission to use the sample from 'Every breath you take’
oBRNE TIL that Robert De Niro and Robin Williams were backup choices for Jack Nicholson to play Jack in “The Shining”
4Xmjw TIL the nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s can help identify forged paintings by using radiocarbon dating. Authenticators can count the number of carbon 14 isotopes and decide whether the number is realistic for the time. Carbon 14 isotopes are known to have dramatically increased after these tests.