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TIL 87 people drowned during the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth.

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jNW4v TIL after Chuck Berry accused Brian Wilson of stealing the melody of "Sweet Little Sixteen" for "Surfin' USA", the Beach Boys' manager gave Berry the copyright to the tune. He didn't tell the members of the band, however, who learned 25 years later that they weren't getting royalties from the song.
mrWR TIL a man was charged two DUIs at the same time, an hour apart because of daylight savings.
Z8kBQ TIL the term "does not compute" originated as a catch phrase on the 1964 science fiction sitcom "My Living Doll"
kjd1 TIL there were giant beavers weighing up to 300 lbs, 6 feet long and ranging all over North America. Their incisors were the size of bananas.
xVM91 TIL of the Death Valley Germans - a family of four German tourists who went missing in Death Valley National Park and whose remains were discovered 13 years later