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TIL On The Beatles 1964 and 1965 tours of North America, the concerts would often end with Paul's wild vocal version of Little Richard's hit-song Long Tall Sally. Paul McCartney had played the song Long Tall Sally to impress John Lennon when the two met for the very first time

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69MXZ TIL that the IAU (International Astronomical Union) only recognizes 88 official constellations. Any pattern of stars that is not one of the 88 official constellations is called an asterism, with the most well-known ones being the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, Orion's Belt, and the Summer Triangle.
4bXg TIL 48 countries including the US and Russia have signed a convention that bans the use of weather control in times of war.
DQ4av TIL that Great White Sharks have complex social structures, with their own clans, hierarchies and methods of resolving disputes.
5pRk TIL Federico da Montefeltro, fifteenth-century duke of Urbino, after having lost one eye in a tournament had his surgeons successfully amputate the bridge of his nose to widen his field of view.
RoBl TIL that, in California, 4th grade students are expected to “Understand the environment of Internet anonymity and that not everyone on the Internet is truthful and reliable.” (3.1c)