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TIL: Initially, The Beatles included Ghandi on the cover of Sgt Peppers, but an EMI exec airbrushed him out behind a palm leaf - likely to sell more records in India

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VM7Kk TIL In 1794, the world's tallest structure, the Strasbourg Cathedral spire, was saved by a hat. Revolutionaries wanted to tear down the spire, as it stood against equality. The citizens of Strasbourg crowned it with a giant tin Phrygian cap, a symbol of liberty commonly worn by revolutionaries.
7oR7 TIL In the mid-1980s, Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas was the voice of Charlie Brown’s sister Sally
oKM8 TIL for a brief period of time New York City was named New Orange
P1K0n TIL The Tel Dan Stele refers to a “House of David” which scholars believe is referring to the Bible’s King David
VD64 TIL Karl Marx’ final words were “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!”