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TIL that when asked to appear on the Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover, legendary actress Mae West joked, “What would I be doing in a Lonely Hearts Club?” She only agreed after receiving a letter of admiration from the band.

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