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TiL that most sects of Islam either discourage or outright forbid creating art of living beings.

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Z8bpo TIL in 1966 Keith Moon came up to The Beatles and asked if he could join them. After Paul McCartney told him that he was already talking with the band, Moon clarified that he was asking about wanting to join The Beatles as a member.
RbLa TIL The Beatles song “Come Together” was written for Timothy Leary’s campaign for governor of California. His campaign ended after he was arrested for marijuana possession.
YdQr TIL of an evolutionary rock-paper-scissors mechanism. Three variants of the Common Side-Blotched Lizard compete for mates; Orange males are adapted to steal mates from Blue males, who are adapted to steal mates from Yellow males, who in turn are adapted to steal mates from Orange males.
OG9y1 TIL that Thales, a greek philosopher who according to tradition was one of the first to predict an eclipse, thought that water was the most basic form of matter.
kOAAd TIL The siren squelch at the beginning of the Emergency Broadcast System is actually a digital code that specifies who issued the alert, the type of threat, where it is affecting, and how long it is in place.