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TIL musician Bruce Welch loaned Paul McCartney his apartment and so became the first person to hear “Yesterday.” McCartney had written the lyrics in the car on the way there.

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6Zxl TIL English sailors on the HMS Dolphin in 1766 discovered that native women on islands would trade sex for iron, and began pulling nails out, causing loss of the ship’s structural integrity.
epDXD TIL the Girl Scouts sell 200 million boxes each year, surpassing sales of Oreos, not to mention sales of all Chips Ahoy and Milano cookies combined
boKN TIL that, until it was forcibly suppressed during WWI, German was the second most widely spoken language in the USA, with many local governments, schools, and newspapers operating in German.
45vN TIL Nestlé has produced over 300 limited-edition Kit Kat flavors in Japan, one of the most popular being “soy sauce.”
rGkw TIL of Godwin’s Law: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.