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TIL: That autographs of The Beatles were once left in cupboard for decades. The Beatles signed their monikers on a scrap of paper at a small gig in Shropshire on 19 January 1963. The Shropshire gig came just over a week after the Fab Four released their first big hit, the single Please Please Me.

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