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TIL that Paul McCartney most famous for being a part of the Beatles is also credited with writing the most number ones songs of all-time in both the USA and UK.

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KOMea TIL during Prohibition, federal agents Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith disguised themselves as grave-diggers, football players, Russian women, rabbis, judges, and plumbers (among many others). Together, they seized more than 5 million bottles of illicit booze and made 4,932 arrests.
R5ljQ TIL There is still a WWII Landing Ship in service in the US as a car ferry. LST-510 Buncombe County was commissioned in 1944, landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and currently serves passengers between Connecticut and Long Island. It is perhaps the last D-Day ship still operating.
m1nNv TIL that after Crassus was killed by the Parthians at Carrhae, his severed head was delivered to the Parthian king Orodes who was watching a play with the Armenian king Artavasdes. The head was then used as a prop in the play representing the severed head of a character in the play.
a8PpN TIL about the KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite, which used stereo film cameras to monitor Soviet military capability with a ground resolution greater than 2 ft. The film was wound in 4 maneuverable re-entry vehicles that could carry up to 77,500 ft each, and were recovered at 50,000 ft via aircraft.
oRVRR TIL you can make cloth from milk