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TIL that the Wings song "Jet" was named based on Paul McCartney's Labrador Retriever named Jet.

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BAoD TIL Sauron’s tower from Lord of the Rings is more than 6x taller than the Wall from Game of Thrones.
YE8r TIL an English organist named Jeremiah Clarke wanted to commit suicide. He couldn’t decide whether to hang himself or drown so he flipped a coin. The coin landed on it’s edge in the mud so he ended up shooting himself instead.
Rvl6 TIL the person who wrote “The Internet is for Porn” also wrote “Let It Go.”
QJP7L TIL That President Garfield was assassinated by a man who was turned down multiple times for a position in the Presidents administration
yQG8w TIL that the original Volkswagon Beetle would temporarily float on water because of a sealed steel bottom with nothing exposed beneath it. Volkswagen even created a 1972 television commercial which demonstrated its ability to float. It sold for $1999 US dollars (roughly equivalent to 12k today).