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TIL Pete Best, original drummer of the Beatles, moved to America shortly after Best's firing from the Beatles and released an album titled 'Best of the Beatles' which confused record buyers and generated large sales numbers due to consumers believing that it was a compilation of Beatles songs.

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kO8vg TIL a CIA project called 'Operation Paperclip' allowed hundreds of Nazi scientists to live freely in the US providing them cushy jobs and a high standard of living. Many of these scientists have committed horrendous war crimes, like experimenting on live humans with chemical and biological weapons
epneL TIL about the Italian Unionist Movement, a political party in Italy which wanted the USA to annex the entire world starting with Italy, they gained 70,000 votes and were the 13th largest party in the 1946 Italian general elections.
698NY TIL US Congressman Manuel Herrick was deemed insane after trying to rob a train and thought he was the son of god earning him the nickname Okie Jesus Congressman
4Npa TIL Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera made an appearance at a restaurant where after taking his seat, his henchmen locked the restaurant doors, collected the cell phones of about 30 diners and instructed them to not be alarmed. After finishing his meal he then left and paid for everyone’s bill.
Br5Lb TIL a 1995 sci-fi novel depicted invading aliens destroying all life on Earth, then chasing surviving human colonists throughout the solar system while broadcasting "We Are the World" on repeat to taunt them