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TIL the Beatles were so bad live, you could not tell one song from the other. They played their last show in 1966.

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oRrnL TIL Rednex, the creators of 90s hit 'Cotton Eye Joe', is actually a Swedish musical group
nebYP TIL as Alex Trebek was not able to retire on his own terms, one of the final phone calls he made was to Ken Jennings regarding taking over the hosting duties of "Jeopardy!". Trebek passed away the same weekend as this call, having hosted his final shows less than two weeks prior to his death.
l0NG TIL on the day Judy Garland died, there was a tornado in Kansas
7rOwr TIL that the first tiger shark to hatch inside it's mother's uterus eats all the other embryos, and at least one scientist has been bitten by unwisely sticking a finger in a pregnant tiger shark's uterus
BrXXy TIL up to 12 million letters and 1 million parcels a week were delivered to soldiers during World War I. There was no automation beyond a stamping machine to date and stamp letters. All sorting was done by hand and the mail was transported in sacks.