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TIL The Beatles song "She Said She Said" on Revolver was written after a party in 1965. John Lennon and George Harrison were on LSD, and actor Peter Fonda creeped them out by telling them "I know what it’s like to be dead." Lennon responded "You’re making me feel like I’ve never been born."

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R7b04 TIL the history of Londons stretcher railings, metal fences made from WW2 stretchers once used to carry wounded civilians during the Blitz.
pNAZ TIL Mel Brooks is one of the few people to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony.
0wg6v TIL the murderer Dr. Crippen fled to Quebec from London in 1910 after being investigated for the murder of his wife. The Chief Inspector of the case Walter Dew was alerted and reached Quebec before Crippen. Dew greeted Crippen as he got off of his ship and promptly arrested him.
0PKj TIL there was an attempted coup d'état in Japan the night before they surrendered to allies during WWII, in an attempt to stop the surrender and continue fighting.
p8lD8 TIL of the term "Nerd Prom" and the three events it refers to: San Diego Comic-Con, White House Correspondents' Dinner and American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting