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TIL that Beatles producer George Martin was granted his own coat of arms in 2004, which includes three beetles and the motto "Amore Solum Opus Est" - "All you need is love"

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ydaw TIL Swiss men are still allowed to present a bayonet – a sword that has generally passed down from generation to generation - as voter identification. This used to be the only form of voting identification for Swiss men up until 1991.
eRWJ TIL that on this date in 1937, the Japanese army entered Nanking - setting off a six-week orgy of rape, torture and murder that killed over 300,000 people.
D1Klv TIL about Eli Herring, a former Offensive Tackle for BYU who turned down an NFL contract to become a math teacher because he didn’t want playing on Sunday to come between him and his religion.
8vEZ TIL Dwayne Johnson was Tim Burton’s second choice to play the role of Willy Wonka in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.
mxylE TIL The Beatles song Blackbird (solo Paul McCartney) has a tapping that keeps time. The tapping was thought to be a metronome but was in fact Paul's foot keeping time as he played guitar and sang the lyrics.