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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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WkyK8 TIL no alarms went off on the day of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion because they'd been disabled to spare workers from being woken up by false alarms.
WkpKY TIL the word quarantine comes from an Italian variant 'quaranta giorni', meaning forty days, the period that all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague epidemic.
XENPQ TIL that dolphins have "bromances" in which two males may pair up for as long as 15 years, helping each other to hook up with female dolphins.
JYdpV TIL that according to Italian folklore, on the same night that Mary gave birth to Jesus, a virgin cat in Bethlehem gave birth to a kitten
eAmn TIL Carrie Fisher and George Lucas appear in the 1991 movie “Hook” (as uncredited extras, the kissing couple on the bridge).