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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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v1DbK TIL that Crossroads, the first ever Kazakh soap opera (1996-2000), was funded by the British government in order to promote capitalism, was modeled on 'EastEnders' and became wildly popular across Central Asia
OoOAR TIL that in the 60s they made a gun that shot bullets with rockets in them
R7xja TIL from 1939 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service conducted a number of tests regarding the impact of untreated syphilis in unknowing subjects. The revelation of this led to the passing of the National Research Act, requiring informed consent from human participants in medical studies.
ANoKg TIL Thatcher's Techbase is a mod for the video game Doom II where Margaret Thatcher, "one of humanity's greatest threats", rises from the dead, leading the player to descend into the tenth circle of Hell, the United Kingdom, in order to kill her and send her back to Hell.
rNLE0 TIL of the Quasi-War, an undeclared war between the U.S. and France from 1798 to 1800. Fought mainly in the Caribbean and off the U.S. East Coast, it set a precedent for Congress to authorize military action without a formal war declaration, influencing later conflicts like Vietnam and the Gulf War.