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TIL Ringo Starr and John Lennon tried to move to Texas as teenagers

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M7BLa TIL a Boeing 747 uses ~4 litres (~1 gallon) of fuel every second
v14BR TIL: More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another's scientist's experiments
Ko06 TIL in 1897, a newlywed woman was found dead in her home. Although her death was attributed to natural causes, her mother’s insistence that she had been visited by the woman’s ghost compelled authorities to reopen the case, at which time an autopsy revealed the woman had suffered a broken neck.
6EAVJ TIL that every year since 1999 Netherlands have vote for the best 2000 songs in history. They are then to be played on radio in the week leading up to New Year's Eve. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen has won every year except 4 times.
Mjk7 TIL that Jacksonville, Fla., was the winter filming capital of the early US movie industry but conservative residents objected, a mayor was elected on anti-movie platform, and so the industry moved on to Southern California