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TIL the Monkees never outsold the Beatles and Rolling Stones (as widely reported). Michael Nesmith was giving an interview in 1977 and lied. "It isn’t too well known that we sold over 35 million records in 1967", said Nesmith. He wondered if it was too outrageous, the next day it was printed as fact

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l7BEG TIL that using yellow and red cards in football to signal a penalty for a player is a fairly recent invention considering the sports age. The first time this system was implemented was at the FIFA World Cup in 1970 in Mexico. In Germany, 2 yellow = 1 red card, was also only implemented only in 1991!
NQd6 TIL the SR-71 Blackbird goes so fast that it outran nearly 4000 missiles, never taking so much as a scratch during its entire career.
5VJj9 TIL on October 1st, 2023 Felix Hofmann set a new Cannonball Run world record of 32 hours and 27 minutes on a BMW M1000RR Superbike
WkNkY TIL During the American Revolution, an enslaved man was charged with treason and sentenced to hang. He argued that as a slave, he wasn't a citizen and couldn't commit treason against a government to which he owed no allegiance. He was subsequently pardoned.
dDv9r TIL that in 2009, Burger King launched the “Whopper Sacrifice” campaign, offering a free Whopper to anyone who deleted 10 Facebook friends—and then notifying those friends why they were deleted.