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TIL Miss Piggy has never appeared in an episode of Sesame Street

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ZEmp TIL in 1969, George Harrison rage quit The Beatles. John Lennon suggested they invite Harrison’s long-time friend to replace him, but they feared the possible new member had more clout than even The Beatles. Harrison returned by Monday, dissolving the matter of whether or not to hire Eric Clapton.
nemLB TIL that the modern day American flag concept was created by a 17 year old for a school project. He received a B- and was told if congress accepted the flag, his grade would be reconsidered. When congress accepted the flag’s concept, the teacher then changed his grade to an A.
v1gQ7 TIL that Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, the psychologist in charge of the Stanford Prison Experiment, was convinced to end it early by the intervention of his then-girlfriend, Christina Maslach. They later married, and he now runs a non-profit to research and promote everyday heroism.
wPGM TIL: There is no evidence for the widely-held belief that the U.S. distributed smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans. That notion came from one professor who fabricated his research.
R74k7 TIL: Research shows that people who buy electric cars prefer for their cars to look strange, indicating a big factor in picking out an electric car is the desire that everyone notices your car is an electric car.