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TIL that Ringo Starr changed the lyrics of "With a Little Help From My Friends" because he feared audiences would throw tomatoes at him. The lyrics were "What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and throw tomatoes at me?"

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mxwJO TIL about the Canadian HMCS Haida, which became known as "The Fightingest Ship in the Navy" after sinking 14 German ships and submarines in just over a year during WW2. The Haida went on to take part in the Korean War, and now serves as a museum ship and national historic site in Canada.
dN99 TIL Yo Yo Ma once left his 280 year old, $2.5 million cello in a New York City taxicab
4kN95 TIL That Prince Phillip was born on a dining table on the island of Corfu, Greece
Z8a4R TIL: There is a fully intact Roman wine bottle sitting in Germany from the year 350 AD. It's fully drinkable but the Romans added a significant amount of thick olive oil as a preservative.
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