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TIL Crickets can chew through fiberglass window screens.

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pYErO TIL when Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson made the song, "Say Say Say" in 1983, Paul talked to Michael about investing in music publishing. Two years later Michael purchased the the majority of the Beatles’ catalog for $47 million outbidding Paul. The Beatles catalog is worth an estimated 1 billion
wNe7 TIL a hacker was able to recreate the fingerprint of the German Defense Minister from a photograph. This is the same hacker who defeated Apple’s thumbprint verification within 24 hours of the release of the iPhone 5S.
oXgK TIL there are 43 giant sculptures of the heads of former U.S. Presidents, rotting away in a Virginian field due to a failed tourist attraction named “President’s Park”.
xnyD TIL that in 1835, a man attempted to assassinate the king of France with a hand-made 25-barrel rifle. The discharge killed 18 people and wounded 22. The king was only grazed by a bullet.
V70 TIL that Shirley Temple’s hairstyle was done by her mother for every film… and each time, there were 56 curls.