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TIL that when The Beatles first met Elvis Presley for the first (and only) time in August 1965, they were so starstruck that Elvis said that he would go to bed unless one of the band members spoke to him. The Beatles ended up spending between 2 and 3 hours with him.

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d8WP7 TIL in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is "part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught."
5KEp TIL that the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada, 45C, is higher than any temperature ever recorded in either Brazil or Thailand.
nWm77 TIL in 1972 US Senator Thomas Eagleton was forced to withdraw as a Presidential runningmate because he had sought treatment for depression
D1OKJ TIL Romans conquered England during 1st Century AD, then decided it was best to build a wall (Hadrian’s Wall) to keep the Scottish out (ancestors) and protect themselves
rnp1 TIL that dropping a bomb from a balloon is, to this day, a violation of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, although there is no such prohibition for dropping a bomb from an aircraft