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TIL in 1969, after an argument between the 4 Beatles members at London’s Olympic recording studios, 3 left. Paul McCartney stayed, where he encountered Steve Miller, and together they recorded "My Dark Hour." Paul played drums on the track, which helped him release all his anger from the argument.

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W7Y8X TIL Though the gangster John Gotti was nicknamed 'The Teflon Don' for his ability to dodge criminal charges his violent and public tactics led to the arrests of many Gambino crime family members. Gotti was convicted in 1992 and by the 2000 half of the Gambino made men were behind bars.
PY7gO TIL I learned that the first vibrator was invented in the late 1860's by Dr. George Taylor. It was used to cure symptoms of depression and anxiety, symptoms for a female condition that was commonly referred to at the time as "hysteria."
pyNO TIL that a US Army Special Forces officer killed in 2006, unmarried, with financially independent family, had willed his Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance policy benefits to the men of his unit, so that they could throw a party in his honor in Vegas should he be killed in action.
woGrE TIL high-level woodwind and brass musicians employ a technique called circular breathing, to be able to play continuously without needing to pause for breath, by blowing air out with their cheeks while inhaling through their nose
KOPyR TIL after US President Richard Nixon was forced from office because of Watergate, the Soviet Union leaders were astonished. They couldn't comprehend that the most powerful person in the world had been removed by legal means.