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TIL Sylvester Stallone was the third person Ever to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Writer Oscars in the same year (for Rocky), following only Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin.

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J1b81 TIL John Lennon hated the Beatles song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da calling it more of Paul's 'granny music shit'. When George Martin offered McCartney, a perfectionist, vocal tips, McCartney responded, "Well you come down and sing it," causing Martin to get really upset. The recording engineer quit next day.
L0v0 TIL Christmas was influenced by Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness that included human sacrifice, intoxication, going from house to house while singing naked, rape and other sexual license.
KOdx6 TIL Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. In 1963, she spent almost three days in space and orbited Earth 48 times in her space capsule, Vostok 6.
loK5V TIL that 40% of all Guinness is consumed in Africa, and Nigeria consumes more than Ireland.
BPvW TIL the sperm whale was named after a semi-liquid, waxy substance found in the whale’s head that researchers mistakingly thought was semen