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TIL Paul McCartney and John Lennon provided backing vocals on The Rolling Stones 1967 single "We Love You"

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X0K8E TIL that Galileo likely observed Neptune 233 years before its discovery: In two of his drawings of his observations, he plotted an object in the location where Neptune would have been on those dates. However, he likely mistook it for a star because of its slow rate of motion.
V0lZ TIL that 70% of the land in England is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror’s army.
X06Mj TIL that the ancient city of Carthage practiced child sacrifice, as evidenced by the tophets, burial grounds for young children and infants.
X0LR6 TIL Ginza street in Tokyo Japan is closed to cars on certain timings during weekends and public holidays.
ba60 TIL of Katinka Hosszu, a Hungarian swimmer who failed to medal at her first two Olympics, got fourth in her third Olympics, and finally at her fourth Olympics won three gold medals