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TIL Ringo Starr temporarily quit the Beatles during the recording of the White Album in 1968. The drum track for “Back In the U.S.S.R.” Was played by Paul McCartney.

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gMoa8 TIL that a man "walking oddly" in Baltimore in 1989 was stopped by police. He was found to have 21 live homing pigeons stuffed in his trousers.
7EWp TIL Timothy Ray Brown is the only human ever cured of HIV. He had the virus for 11 years before developing leukemia. When he was given a bone marrow transplant, the HIV virus disappeared. His blood has been studied for years but there’s still no definitive answer as to why he recovered.
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