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TIL that the day before Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon, he accosted James Taylor in the Subway

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YpPJZ TIL that 70% of all Porsche vehicles ever built are still on the road today.
6DBX TIL In the summer of 1943 an early copy of the plans for D-Day blew out of a window in Norfolk House, London. A man who was passing by handed them in, saying his sight was too bad to read them.
xZnB TIL that people employed in the manufacture of fireworks must wear cotton clothing, including undergarments. Synthetic clothing can create sparks capable of detonating fireworks.
NXG0Q TIL of Provo Wallis a Canadian who helped capture the US warship the Chesapeake, during The War of 1812. Wallis served in the Royal Navy from the age of 4 until he died aged 100, having seen 96 years of duty.
QNlep TIL the comedian Stephen Chow had one of the single most dominant years in box office history in 1992, when he starred in every one of the top five grossing films of the Hong Kong box office: Justice, My Foot; All’s Well Ends Well; Royal Tramp; King of Beggars; and Royal Tramp II